The Chronological Donald, Volume 2 (Walt Disney Treasures)

• Introductions by Leonard Maltin. Almost every section of the DVD has Maltin introducing the cartoons you're about to view. He provides historical information, interesting tidbits, and alerts us to cartoons that some people would find offensive or questionable today. He puts things in context, reminding us of what the times were like when these cartoons were made, and explains obscure jokes that were obvious back in the 1940s.
  
  For the most part, Leonard Maltin only shows up when you view a different section of the DVD. You don't have to worry about listening to a speech prior to watching each cartoon.


• A Day in the Life of Donald Duck: This is a 1956 Disney Land episode that shows what life is like for Donald at the studio. It includes funny bits such as Donald arguing with Clarence Nash, who voiced him at the time, and an entire song dedicated to Donald Duck.


• An interview with Tony Anselmo: Leonard Maltin interviews the current voice of Donald Duck. Anselmo describes how he came to be Clarence Nash's successor.


• World War II cartoons: For a long time these were just about impossible to see, since they're not "politically correct" nowadays. One of these is Der Fuehrer's Face, which won an Academy Award.


• Galleries: View art for some of the Donald cartoons. It's not as extensive as one might hope, but there are some beautifully painted pictures.

For the most part, the cartoons are very watchable. Apart from a very yellow Donald in Village Smithy, I didn't notice any glaring defects.

Other people have complained about low-quality transfers, though. Some of the cartoons look grainier than they would if someone had taken the time to clean them up.

Even so, I love this DVD collection. It's filled with great Donald Duck cartoons, many of them old favorites, and many more that I never saw before. I would recommend it to any Donald Duck fan.

• Bellboy Donald (1942) - Donald the bellboy struggles to be polite and hold his temper... even when one of the hotel guests is a horrid little brat.


• The Village Smithy (1942) - Donald tries to shoe an uncooperative donkey.


• Donald's Snow Fight (1942) - Donald has a snow fight with his nephews.


• Donald's Garden (1942) - Donald defends his garden from a greedy little burrowing rodent.


• Donald's Gold Mine (1942) - Donald has a series of accidents while mining for gold.


• Donald's Tire Trouble (1943) - Donald struggles to change a flat tire.


• Flying Jalopy (1943) - A buzzard tricks Donald into buying a crummy old plane that's falling apart; it's all an insurance scam.


• Trombone Trouble (1943) - An inconsiderate neighbor plays his trombone at night, tormenting Donald and a couple of gods who are trying to get some sleep. The gods lend Donald some of their power in the hopes that he'll stop the racket.


• The Plastics Inventor (1943) - Donald makes a plane from plastic.


• Donald's Off Day (1944) - Donald wants to play golf on his day off, but the weather refuses to cooperate. He gets pestered by his nephews instead.


• Donald Duck and the Gorilla (1944) - A gorilla breaks out of a zoo and ends up in Donald's house.


• Contrary Condor (1944) - A mother condor mistakes Donald for one of her babies.


• The Eyes Have It (1945) - Donald torments poor Pluto through hypnosis.


• Donald's Crime (1945) - Donald steals money from his nephews' piggy bank to pay for a date with Daisy. He has to deal with a guilty conscience afterwards. (Nominated for an Academy Award.)


• Duck Pimples (1945) - Horrific drama on the radio becomes all too real to Donald.


• No Sail (1945) - Donald and Goofy go sailing in a coin-powered boat. Unfortunately they run out of coins when they're far from shore.


• Cured Duck (1945) - At Daisy's insistence, Donald tries to cure his nasty temper.


• The Clock Watcher (1945) -


• Old Sequoia (1945) - Donald tries to protect sequoias from destructive beavers that are an awful lot like Chip and Dale.


• Donald's Double Trouble (1946) - Daisy dumps Donald because he lacks sophistication. But then Donald meets a duck who looks just like him (yet behaves better), so Donald has his double go on a date with Daisy so that she'll think better of him. Unfortunately his plan works a little too well.


• Wet Paint (1946) - Donald tries to paint his car, but an annoying bird keeps messing things up.


• Dumb Bell of the Yukon (1946) - Donald hunts for bears so that he can give Daisy a new fur coat.


• Lighthouse Keeping (1946) - Donald abuses his power as a lighthouse keeper by deliberately shining the light on a pelican that's just trying to get some sleep. The pelican does his best to put out the light.


• Frank Duck Brings 'Em Back Alive (1946) - Donald attempts to capture a wild man, who happens to be Goofy.

The Donald Duck war-related cartoons are in a section called "From the Vault" on disc 1. Leonard Maltin warns about the "politically incorrect" nature of the cartoons, just so you can't say he didn't warn you.

• Donald Gets Drafted (1942)


• The Vanishing Private (1942)


• Sky Trooper (1942)


• Der Fuehrer's Face (1943)


• Fall Out - Fall In (1943)


• The Old Army Game (1943)


• Home Defense (1943)


• Commando Duck (1944)