Barred from film-making by prior anti-trust rulings, he acquired the struggling ABC television network in February 1953, leading it first to financial health, and eventually, in the mid-1970s, to first place in the national Nielsen ratings, before selling out to Capital Cities in 1985 ( Capital Cities would eventually sell out, in turn, to the Walt Disney organization in 1996 ).

* Return to Oz, 1985 film produced by Walt Disney Pictures

Clarence Charles " Ducky " Nash ( December 7, 1904 – February 20, 1985 ) was an American voice actor, best known for providing the voice of Donald Duck for the Walt Disney Studios.

One of Watonga's most notable citizens was Clarence Nash ( 1904 – 1985 ) whom Walt Disney hired to be the voice of Donald Duck in the 1930s.

< ul >< li > In 1985, Angelo Moore and Dirty Walt appeared in the Eurythmics video of " Would I Lie To You?

The film was originally released on June 26, 1981 on VHS and Betamax, followed by a Laserdisc release in June, 1982 and then once again on VHS and Betamax as part of Walt Disney Classics Video Collection release on December 3, 1985.

The ruby slippers play an integral role in the 1985 Walt Disney Pictures film Return to Oz, for which Disney had to obtain rights from MGM to use reproductions in the film.

It was adapted into a theatrical animated film, Bambi, by Walt Disney Studios in 1942, two Russian live-action adaptations in 1985 and 1986, and a stage production in 1998.

In 1985, Walter Murch directed the movie Return to Oz distributed by Walt Disney Pictures starring Fairuza Balk as Dorothy.

In 1984 the company entered license agreements with major overseas companies, MGM / UA, Vestron Video, Walt Disney Home Video and BBC Video, and in 1985, they established offices in New York and London.

* In the 1985 post-season, the Bruins hosted their first National Invitation Tournament ( NIT ) tournament games under coach Walt Hazzard.

The film was released on October 15, 1981 on VHS, CED Videodisc, and Betamax and May 28, 1986 on VHS, Betamax, and Laserdisc in the Walt Disney Classics, ( though it was mastered for tape in 1985 ), staying in general release ever since, with a 40th Anniversary video release in 1991 ( this and the 1986 video release were in Disney's Classics Collection ), October 28, 1994. and on Octobet 14, 1997 It was released on Region 1 DVD on July 4, 2000 ( under the Gold Classic Collection DVD series ).

Among other honors, Antler received the Whitman Prize from the Walt Whitman Association, given to the poet " whose contribution best reveals the continuing presence of Walt Whitman in American poetry ," in 1985.

* Touchstone Pictures & Television ( 1985 – 1999, a label of Walt Disney Pictures and Television )

Since 1985, his son Walt has assisted in the drawing.

From 1985 until his resignation in November 2003, Walt Disney Feature Animation was officially headed by Chairman Roy E. Disney, who exercised much influence within the division.

The Journey of Natty Gann is a 1985 American film directed by Jeremy Paul Kagan, produced by Walt Disney Pictures and released by Buena Vista Pictures.

He graduated from Walt Whitman High School in Bethesda, Maryland in 1985.

It was used as a movie theatre beginning in 1937, closed in 1985, and was leased by the Walt Disney Corporation and renovated by Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer in 1995-97 to be the flagship for Disney Theatrical Productions presentations on Broadway.

Established in 1985 during the reorganization and subsequent re-incorporation of The Walt Disney Company following the arrival of then-Disney CEO Michael Eisner, the entity was formerly known as The Walt Disney Pictures Television Animation Group, the name was then later changed,

But under new management, the studio, ( originally known as Walt Disney Productions ), formed in 1985 what was originally christened the Walt Disney Pictures Television Animation Group, but then was later renamed as Walt Disney Television Animation, to produce high-quality animated television series.

The next year, along with producer George Lucas, he was able to indulge himself by making Captain EO ( 1985 ), a 12-minute space fantasy for Disney theme parks starring pop superstar Michael Jackson.

A Disney film Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend, based on reports of the cryptid, starring William Katt was released in 1985.

* 1985 – Wolfgang Reitherman, German-American Disney animator, director and producer ( b. 1909 )

For the 1982 and 1985 releases Disney presented Fantasia with a completely new soundtrack recorded in Dolby Stereo.

After three decades of resistance, Disney finally entered Saturday morning in 1985 when The Gummi Bears and The Wuzzles debuted with significantly more substantial budgets ; the first-run syndication success of DuckTales, which premiered in 1987, eventually inspired a whole block of Disney-produced syndicated cartoons which forced competing studios to improve their own production standards to compete.

The first TV cartoons to carry the Disney name, CBS's The Wuzzles and NBC's The Gummi Bears, both premiered in the fall of 1985.

The series is the first Disney animated television series which did not premiere on network / over-the-air television, which had been done since 1985 when the Television Animation unit was started.

A list of past honorary degree recipients, include: Beverly Sills ( 1975 ), Roy Lichtenstein ( 1977 ), Twyla Tharp ( 1978 ), Gordon Davidson ( 1980 ) Haskell Wexler ( 1981 ) Mischa Schneider ( 1981 ), Bella Lewitzky ( 1981 ), Henry Mancini ( 1983 ), Jan de Gaetani ( 1983 ), Ravi Shankar ( 1985 ), John Cage ( 1986 ), Frank O. Gehry ( 1987 ), Trisha Brown ( 1988 ), Donn B. Tatum ( 1989 ), Luis Valdez ( 1989 ), Paul Taylor ( 1989 ), Ornette Coleman ( 1990 ), Beatrice Manley ( 1990 ), Lulu May Von Hagen ( 1990 ), Ustad Ali Akbar Khan ( 1991 ), Pearl Primus ( 1991 ), Adrian Piper ( 1992 ), Ray Bradbury ( 1992 ), Yvonne Rainer ( 1993 ), Steven Bochco ( 1993 ), Stan Brakhage ( 1994 ), Vija Celmins ( 1994 ), Betye Saar ( 1995 ), Carolyn Forche ( 1995 ), Laurie Anderson ( 1996 ), Elvin Jones ( 1996 ), Chantal Akerman ( 1997 ), Lee Breuer ( 1998 ), Ed Ruscha ( 1999 ), Bill Viola ( 2000 ), Steve Reich ( 2000 ), Ry Cooder ( 2001 ), Faith Hubley ( 2001 ), Bruce Nauman ( 2001 ), Alice Coltrane ( 2002 ), Roy E. Disney ( 2003 ), Anna Halprin ( 2003 ), Carolee Schneemann ( 2003 ), Christian Wolff ( 2004 ), Daniel Nagrin ( 2004 ), James Newton ( 2005 ), Harrison “ Buzz ” Price ( 2005 ), Julius Shulman ( 2005 ), Rudy VanderLans ( 2006 ), Rudy Perez ( 2006 ), Alonzo King ( 2007 ), Harry Belafonte ( 2008 ), Herbert Blau ( 2008 ), Terry Riley ( 2008 ), Elizabeth LeCompte ( 2009 ), Morton Subotnick ( 2009 ), William M. Lowman ( 2010 ), Trimpin ( 2010 ), Annette Bening ( 2011 ), Donald McKayle ( 2011 ), and Peter Sellars ( 2012 ).

Ebsen narrated the documentary series Disney Family Album during the 1980s on the Disney Channel and Steven Kellogg's " Paul Bunyan " on the PBS series Reading Rainbow in 1985.

In 1985, this script was used as foundation for a Disney 10-part TV-series called Return to Treasure Island, starring Brian Blessed in the role of Long John Silver.

Plot elements from The Marvelous Land of Oz are included in the 1985 Disney feature film Return to Oz.

Bridge to Terabithia has been adapted for the screen twice: a 1985 PBS TV movie and a 2007 Disney / Walden Media feature film.

Invented by Dave Spencer for the 1985 Disney film The Black Cauldron, the APT ( Animation Photo Transfer ) process was a technique for transferring the animators ' art onto cels.

" Bombardier acquired the assets and designs of Budd Company, Pullman Company, and American Locomotive Company / Montreal Locomotive Works, the latter of which continued in the locomotive business until 1985.

His command positions included: commanding officer of a platoon and two rifle companies during two tours of duty in Vietnam ; commanding officer of Special Training Branch and Recruit Series at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, California ( 1966 – 1968 ); commanding officer of Counter-Guerilla Warfare School, Northern Training Area on Okinawa ( 1970 ), Company officer at the United States Naval Academy ( 1970 – 1973 ); commanding officer of the Marine Barracks at Naval Air Station North Island, California ( 1973 – 1976 ), and commanding officer, 3rd Battalion 3rd Marines ( 1983 – 1985 ).

Freestyle club hits like Brenda K. Starr's " Pickin ' Up Pieces " ( 1985 ) and Company B's " Fascinated " followed, and entered the R & B and Billboard Hot 100 charts, respectively.

In 1985 the Battalion was replaced by a reinforced company of, an AMF Company with two Recce Platoons and an Anti-Tank Platoon, a Forward Air Control team, a National Support Element for logistics and a Medical Support element.

In 1985, The Coca-Cola Company, amid much publicity, changed its formula.

Rockwell also acquired the privately held Allen-Bradley Company for $ 1. 6 billion in February 1985 — $ 1 billion of which was cash to the owners of Allen Bradley — and became a producer of railroad electronics.

Michigan Opera Theatre was the first major American Opera Company to produce West Side Story in late 1985.

* The Ford Motor Company, 1978 – 1985

* 1985 Barbican Theatre, Kenneth Branagh as Henry ( Royal Shakespeare Company )

GEC's major defence related acquisitions included Associated Electrical Industries in 1967, English Electric Company ( including its Marconi subsidiary ) in 1968, Yarrow Shipbuilders in 1985, parts of Ferranti's defence business in 1990, Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering in 1995 and Kvaerner Govan in 1999.

As part of the Guangzhou Peugeot Automobile Company ( GPAC ) join venture Peugeot 504 and 505 were built in China from 1985 to 1997.

Standard Oil Company ( Indiana ) was officially renamed Amoco Corporation in 1985.

Taos Heritage Publishing Company, 1985.

But by 1985, veteran shows like The Love Boat and Benson had run their courses, while Silverman-era hits like Three's Company and Laverne & Shirley were gone.

It was acquired by the Monsanto Company, headquartered in St. Louis, in 1985.

The merged company " Pharmacia & Upjohn " merged with the American bioindustry and medical company Monsanto Company in 2000 ( Monsanto had acquired the pharma company G. D. Searle & Company in 1985 ).

On 13 August 1985, the Hoover Company announced the end of production.

* Following the last original episode on April 15, 1977, The Electric Company continued on PBS in reruns until fall 1985 ( giving the show about the amount of life expected at the time after production ended ) with the final two seasons ( 1A through 130B ) shown in rotation.

They were almost viewed as a ' national redoubt ,' permitting the survival and rebuilding of forces if Belgium was again invaded .< ref > David Isby and Charles Kamps Jr, ' Armies of NATO's Central Front ,' Jane's Publishing Company, 1985, p. 59.

New York: Wan Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1985.

New York: Van Norstrand Reinhold Company, 1985.

On June 17, 1985, The Discovery Channel was launched with $ 5 million in start-up capital from several investors ( including BBC, Allen & Company and Venture America ).