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3 unusual facts about Seven Wise Dwarfs


Seven Wise Dwarfs

The changed lyrics to the song typically talks of investing in the war effort by purchasing war savings certificates, and uses marketing phrases like "Five for Four" (a phrase coined to reflect a long term return of 5 dollars on every 4 invested - it is also the name of another short educational film advocating the same cause in Canada during the war).

They march, past Parliament Hill in Ottawa, and then rush to a Post Office, while Dopey goes to a nearby bank instead when he finds himself locked out, and invest their gems in Canadian War Savings Certificates.

The short was released for the first time on home video in the Disney boxed set Walt Disney Treasures series: the 2 DVD On the Front Lines - The War Years.



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