Which Winnie-the-Pooh short won the 1968 Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film?

Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day won the 1968 Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.

The Walt Disney Productions short was released in 1968 and directed by Wolfgang Reitherman. It adapted episodes from A. A. Milne’s books, including the windy day, Piglet’s bravery and Pooh’s encounter with a storm.

The award was presented at the 41st Academy Awards. Walt Disney received the Oscar posthumously, making the short an important milestone in Disney’s Pooh history. Its songs, visual style and narration helped establish the tone of later Pooh productions.

The short is sometimes confused with Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree, Disney’s first Pooh featurette, released in 1966. The Honey Tree introduced Disney’s animated Pooh, but it was The Blustery Day that won the Academy Award.