- February 14
- Disney delivers the film The Building of a Tire to Firestone Tire and Rubber Company. [23] [1378.104]
- March 8
- The Goofy film A Knight for a Day is released to theaters. [16] [15] [23] [228.277]
- March
- The film Fantasia is re-released in theaters, in its original 130 minute length. [25] [35.11] [42.611] [49.259] [370.45]
- March 19
- Disney delivers the educational film Bathing Time for Baby to Johnson & Johnson. [23] [1378.61]
- April 1
- Frank Thomas returns to the studio from war service. [1102.423]
- April 3
- Disney delivers the film Planning for Good Eating to the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs. [23] [228.390]
- Disney delivers the educational film Environmental Sanitation to the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs. [23] [228.165]
- April 12
- The Pluto film Pluto's Kid Brother is released to theaters. [16] [23] [228.394]
- April
- Work begins on an animated film entitled San Blas Boy, about a boy and his dog in Panama. [176.118]
- April 20
- Disney's animated feature film Make Mine Music premieres in New York. [97.192] [191] [228.307] (April 26 [8])
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- May 10
- The Pluto film In Dutch is released to theaters. [16] [23] [228.252]
- June 7
- The Pluto film Squatter's Rights is released to theaters. Mickey Mouse and Chip 'n' Dale also appear. [16] [23] [113.236] [501.520]
- June
- Work on the film Song of the South is completed. [1102.437]
- June 28
- The Donald Duck film Donald's Double Trouble is released to theaters. Daisy Duck also appears. [16] [15] [23] [228.147]
- (month unknown)
- Disney announces planned layoffs of over 400 employees of a staff of 1000. [34.187]
- Disney announces suspension of production on all studio projects except for Song of the South, Fun and Fancy Free, So Dear to My Heart, and Melody Time. [34.187]
- Jimmy Macdonald, the Disney studios sound-effects man, takes over the job of providing Mickey Mouse's voice from Walt Disney. [96.11] [228.300]
- Three days after the announcement of planned layoffs, Disney lays off 450 workers. The Cartoonists Guild manages to bargain for rehiring of 94 cartoonists, and two weeks severance pay for another 215. [34.188]
- Production begins on Alice in Wonderland as a full-length animated feature film. [17] [37.93]
- Work begins on the animated short film Share and Share Alike, with Donald Duck and his three nephews. [176.48]
- Disney produces the film Jet Propulsion for the General Electric Company. [23]
- The film Bambi is re-released in theaters. [25] [228.40] (1947 [1378.58])
- Disney hires Salvador Dali, working on the film Destino. (Eight months later, the project is abandoned.) [651.66] [1378.182]
- The Boy Scouts of America presents Walt Disney the Silver Buffalo award, their highest award for service to youth. [652.80]
- July 19
- The Pluto film The Purloined Pup is released. [16] [23] [97.105] (1945 [228.403])
- August 7
- Disney delivers the commercial film A Feather in his Collar to the Community Chests of America. [23] [228.177]
- August 9
- The Donald Duck film Wet Paint is released. [16] [23] [501.603]
- August 15
- RKO Radio Pictures releases Disney's animated feature film Make Mine Music to theaters. It comprises the following animated short films The Martins and the Coys, Casey at the Bat, Peter and the Wolf, Johnnie Fedora and Alice Bluebonnet, and The Whale Who Wanted to Sing at the Met. (Theater gross receipts: US$2.2 million.) [8] [11] [13] [16] [23] [25] [48.204] [113.236] [246.93] [370.68] [228.307]
- August
- Walt Disney fires animator Fred Moore. [1102.423]
- August 30
- Disney releases the Donald Duck film Dumb Bell of the Yukon to theaters. [23] [228.153] (Dumbbell [16])
- September 20
- The Donald Duck film Lighthouse Keeping is released. [16] [23] [228.288]
- September 30
- Disney delivers the film Treasure from the Sea to the Dow Chemical Company. [23] [501.569]
- October 11
- The Figaro film Bath Day is released. Minnie Mouse also appears. [16] [23] [1378.61]
- October 18
- Disney delivers the film The Story of Menstruation to the International Cellu-Cotton Company. [23] [501.525]
- November 1
- Disney releases the Donald Duck and Goofy film Frank Duck Brings 'Em Back Alive to theaters. [16] [23] (November 11 [228.195])
- November 12
- RKO Radio Pictures releases Disney's animated and live-action feature film Song of the South to theaters. Its premiere is held at Loew's Grand theater in Atlanta, Georgia. It cost US$2.125 million to make. The film is based on the book Tales of Uncle Remus by Joel Chandler Harris. (Theater gross receipts: US$3.3 million.) [1] [7] [11] [13] [15] [16] [17] [22] [23] [25] [37.85] [48.205] [97.198] [113.236] [191] [225.42] [235.93] [501.513] [1102.437] (November 1 [370.73])
- (month unknown)
- RKO Radio Pictures loans Disney US$1 million, saving the company from insolvency. [1102.440]
- December 20
- Disney releases the Goofy film Double Dribble to theaters. [16] [23] [228.149]
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