WINNIE THE POOH & THE BLUSTERY DAY Limited Edition Cel

• "TWO HERO PARTY"
  
• from "Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day" 1968
• Sold Out Limited Edition Cel
• Hand-Painted
• Winnie the Pooh, Christopher Robin, Piglet
  
• Edition #393/500
  
• Walt Disney Studio Seal
  
• Disney Certificate of Authenticity (COA)

This cel, released in 1989, was meticulously created by the same artists who paint the production cels used in the Walt Disney Studio films and shorts.  Original animation drawings were transferred to acetate cels by a special six-step xerographic process. These cels were enhanced with hand-inked lines, and then hand-painted. Although a limited edition, each cel in the edition is hand painted. The background has been reproduced based on backgrounds used in the film. 

The cel is in the original packaging, directly from the Walt Disney Animation Art Program.  It is unframed and unmatted. The cel has only been out of the "envelope/folder" to be scanned.  The Certificate of Authenticity is included. Cel and background are in excellent condition.  The envelope shows a little wear.  Size: 13" x 17". 

Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day is an animated featurette based on the Winnie-the-Pooh books by A. A. Milne.  Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day won the 1968 Academy Award for Animated Short Film. It's also the only Winnie the Pooh production that won an Academy Award.

At the beginning of the story, Gopher tells Winnie the Pooh that it is "Winds-day" (a play on "Wednesday"), whereupon Pooh decides to wish everybody "Happy Winds-day." He visits his friend Piglet, who wears a scarf around his neck on this day. Piglet is blown into the air, his scarf unraveling all the while, and Pooh grabs hold of him. As they fly like a kite through the air over the other characters' heads, Pooh wishes Kanga, Roo, Eeyore, Rabbit, and Owl a Happy Winds-day. However, once they arrive at Owl’s treehouse, he informs them that the wind is due to "a gentle spring zephyr" rather than to a particular holiday. During the windstorm, Owl's house is knocked down, so Eeyore volunteers to house-hunt for Owl.
That night, Pooh hears an unfamiliar noise coming from elsewhere in the Hundred Acre Wood. Someone knocks on Pooh’s door, then Tigger bounces inside in search of something to eat. After Tigger sings his signature song, "I'm the only one!", he tries some honey but decides, "Yuck! Tiggers don't like honey." Before leaving Pooh’s house, Tigger tells him that there are Heffalumps and Woozles in the forest that steal honey, Pooh's favourite food. Later, Pooh suffers from a nightmare in which Heffalumps and Woozles steal his honey while the song "Heffalumps and Woozles" plays.

Later that night, a storm floods the Hundred Acre Wood. Piglet, who is trapped in his home, writes a bottle-note for help just before the waters carry him away riding a chair. Pooh, who is trapped in a honey pot, floats away from his home as well. The remaining characters gather at Christopher Robin's house to plan a rescue. Christopher Robin reads the message ("Help! P-P-P-Piglet [Me]!"), and sends Owl to rescue Piglet, but before he can, Piglet and Pooh are mixed up in a waterfall which switches Piglet to a honey pot and Pooh to a chair. When they arrive together at Christopher Robin’s house, he mistakenly thinks that Pooh rescued Piglet and throws a hero party for Pooh.

During the party, Eeyore announces that he has found a new home for Owl. When he leads the gang to Piglet's house, the others are shocked and try to tell Eeyore that Piglet already lives there. Piglet reluctantly gives his home to Owl, and Pooh offers to let Piglet live with him. Pooh suggests to Christopher Robin that the hero party should become a two-hero party because of Piglet’s generosity. He agrees, and the characters celebrate both Pooh’s and Piglet's good deeds. {from Wikipedia}