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Background

In 1978, Disney was celebrating Mickey Mouse's 50th Birthday. As part of the birthday celebration, Disney created a special animated logo, which appeared on thetrical releases and re-issues. Later, the logo was modified to be used as the logo for Disney's new home media division.

(1978)

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UK variant
Italian variant
Textless variant

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Logo: A solid red Mickey appears with purple dashed outlines surrounding it. The Mickey starts to rotate. After a while, the text "Congratulating Mickey Mouse on his 50th Birthday!", in white and in a fancy font, zooms in. After a few seconds, it zooms in towards the screen until vanishing from sight, and the top and bottom halves of the 1978 Buena Vista logo wipe in over the logo.

Variants:

On UK theatrical releases, the text reads "Happy birthday MICKEY On Your Golden Jubliee".
On Italian thetrical and Super 8 releases, the text reads "Congratulazioni Topolino per il tuo Giubileo d'Oro".
A rare textless variant also exists.

Technique: Rotoscoped cel animation.

Music/Sounds: Same as the Walt Disney Home Entertainment logo.

Music/Sounds Variants:

On the DVD of The Cat from Outer Space, the logo is silent due to the fact they were unable to restore the audio.
On a bootleg reel of the Italian Super 8 release Happy Birthday Mickey Mouse, a swooshing sound is used.

Availability: Appears on 1978 thetrical releases and theatrical re-issues from the time. It also appears on Italian Super 8 releases.

Legacy: A very important and beautifly animated logo, which would later be used (in modified form) as described above.

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+'''Logo:''' A solid {{color|red}} Mickey appears with {{color|darkmagenta|purple}} dashed outlines surrounding it. The Mickey starts to rotate. After a while, the text "Congratulating Mickey Mouse on his 50th Birthday!", in white and in a fancy font, zooms in. After a few seconds, it zooms in towards the screen until vanishing from sight, and the top and bottom halves of the 1978 [[Buena Vista Pictures Distribution|Buena Vista]] logo wipe in over the logo.
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 *A rare textless variant also exists.
-'''Technique:'''
+'''Technique:''' Rotoscoped cel animation.
-Rotoscoped cel animation.
+'''Music/Sounds:''' Same as the [[Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment|Walt Disney Home Entertainment]] logo.
-'''Music/Sounds:'''
-A loud orchestral fanfare, composed by longtime Disney composer Buddy Baker.
-'''Music/Sound Variants:'''
+'''Music/Sounds Variants:'''
-*On the DVD of ''The Cat from Outer Space'', the Mickey's 50th Birthday variant is silent due to the fact they were unable to restore the audio.
+*On the DVD of ''The Cat from Outer Space'', the logo is silent due to the fact they were unable to restore the audio.
 *On a bootleg reel of the Italian Super 8 release ''Happy Birthday Mickey Mouse'', a swooshing sound is used.
+'''Availability:''' Appears on 1978 thetrical releases and theatrical re-issues from the time. It also appears on Italian Super 8 releases.
-'''Availability:'''
-Appears on 1978 thetrical releases (''The Cat from Outer Space'', ''Return from Witch Mountain'') and theatrical re-issues (''Pinocchio'', ''The Jungle Book'').
-It also appears on Italian Super 8 releases.
+'''Legacy:''' A very important and beautifly animated logo, which would later be used (in modified form) as described above.
-'''Legacy:'''
-A very important and beautifly animated logo, which would later be used (in modified form) as the first logo for [[Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment|Walt Disney Home Entertainment]].
 [[Category:American logos]]