| Sleigh Bells | |
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.png) A still from the silent film. | |
| Directed by | Walt Disney Ub Iwerks |
| Story by | Ub Iwerks Walt Disney |
| Produced by | Charles Mintz |
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| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time | 6 minutes[2] (one reel) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Sleigh Bells is an Americananimatedshort film featuringOswald the Lucky Rabbit. It was directed byWalt Disney andUb Iwerks and released in 1928[3] byUniversal Pictures.[4] The film was thought to belost until a print was discovered in theBFI National Archives in 2015.[5][6]
The film hasOswald the Lucky Rabbit playing in an ice hockey game with surreal plot points. With a "winter wonderland backdrop", Oswald takes off his ear to form a balloon plus a laughing donkey, who gets the puck in the mouth which sticks.[2]
The short was animated by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks[2] and was released in 1928.[7][8] The found footage of film was dated 1931 at aSoho film laboratory. That lab went out of business with its film being sent to the BFI archives in 1981. A lost Disney titles researcher searched through the BFI archive catalog and found its listing. The short was returned to Disney and has since been restored by theWalt Disney Animation Studios.Sleigh Bells was featured inIt's a Disney Christmas: Seasonal Shorts program at BFI Southbank in December 2015.[8]