The Band Concert

Watch "The Band Concert" (1935) online on iFILM — a landmark nine-minute Disney short directed by Wilfred Jackson and the first Mickey Mouse cartoon shot in Technicolor.

Mickey Mouse takes the podium in a park to conduct the William Tell Overture. Donald Duck, moonlighting as an ice cream vendor, keeps hijacking the performance with Turkey in the Straw on his flute — and every time Mickey confiscates it, Donald pulls out another one. A bee adds its own chaos, then a full tornado sweeps through, yet the band never stops playing. What makes this 1935 short so satisfying is its near-perfect lock between music and movement: the animation is essentially choreographed note by note. Stream "The Band Concert" online on iFILM.