Disney's American Legends

I show the Paul Bunyan portion of this video during my lesson on Traditional Literature. In northern Minnesota, most kids have seen a statue of Paul Bunyan, but might not know the tall tale, and this video is still the best story of Paul Bunyan!

Brings back all the childhood memories

The quality of the movies was fine - no problems.

American Legends fifty-seven minutes long and was released direct to video on February 12, 2002. The video is comprised of four American folk tales as narrated by James Earl Jones. The video tell the tales of John Henry, Johnny Appleseed, Paul Bunyan, and The Brave Engineer. John Henry, Johnny Appleseed, and The Brave Engineer are base on three real people. John Henry is based on John William Henry, Johnny Appleseed is based on John Chapman; The Johnny Appleseed segment is taken from the movie Melody Time. Finally The Brave Engineer is based on John Luther "Casey" Jones and comes nowhere close to the real person. John Henry and Paul Bunyan tell the story of man versus machine and the outcomes; John Henry wins but loses his life and Paul Bunyan loses and leaves with his head down low. Johnny Appleseed tells about a man who planted apple seeds in the mid-west of the United States and The Brave Engineer tells the story of an engineer who will let nothing stop him or get in his way of getting the mail on time. American Legends is great for pre-schoolers and kids in kindergarten. American Legends gets an AAA+++ for home entertainment.DVD FEATURESChapter SelectionCaptionsBonus Features1) Walt Disney Television Introduction to Johnny Appleseed2) American Legends: A Learning Adventure GameSneak Peeks1) The Manny Adventures of Winnie the Pooh2) Atlantis: The Lost Empire3) Disney DVD4) Schoolhouse Rock5) 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London AdventuresPlayVHS PREVIEWS1) The Manny Adventures of Winnie the Pooh2) Max Keeble's Big Move3) Monsters, Inc.4) 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventures5) Peter Pan

We ordered this video for our grade school age Grand daughters to watch on our road trip to the redwoods. They loved it so much they watched it over and over again. It was especially fun that it has the legend of Paul Bunyan which we seen the large statue of Paul Bunyan at the redwoods.

I feel ripped off because Pecos Bill was not included on the DVD. My kid's enjoyed it since they didn't know what they were missing but, for me as a child, it was my favorite tall tale Disney covered. Who didn't love seeing prissy Slewfoot Sue get bounced to the moon? Oh well.James Earl Jones was a very appropriate narrator. After all he is practically an American legend himself well worthy of a over exaggerated hijacked cartoon expressing his awesomeness. But enough of that.These tall tales express how stories passed word of mouth get carried away and become far too fantastic. For instance; Paul Bunyan didn't actually ever exist, John Henry was working on the railroad because he was an inmate for thievery, Johnny Appleseed sold his apple trees, and Casey Jones Who?. But of course, find me a movie based off a real life story that actually is true to the original events. Most the animations are very fun and enjoyable; John Henry is very touching, Johnny Appleseed and Casey Jones was good for laughs (though be sure you're kids understand that no matter what the cartoons say you can't just waltz into the forest and make friends with all the wildlife, including a bear, mountain lion, and skunk), and Paul the kids found to be awe-inspiring (though I didn't care much for it, it's just John Henry without any of the heart). Cut Paul out and replace him with Bill and I'll give this five stars.

Love the quality love the story

I loved this video as a child, so I was extremely happy to find it again to share with my little kiddos. The product came in perfect shape, still with plastic wrap around it and it was very well protected in shipping.

The family enjoys this DVD. The kids sing Johnny apple seed in school also.

Love these old Disney cartoons..

wonderful classics from my childhood that i can share with my kid. thanks so much

Love the parts of it I remember as a kid but to much talking by James Earl Jones.

Grew up watching this show and wanted a little taste from the past. Im glad I was able to find it