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In May 1997, Disney made plans to release a brand-new digitally restored version of Mary Poppins on home video. The release occurred on August 26, 1997.[1]

On March 24, 1998, a widescreen DVD was released. This DVD has the Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection logo (with the cut-short version of distorted extended 1992 Walt Disney Classics logo's music), instead of the regular Walt Disney Home Video logo, making it the only Disney DVD with any use of the Masterpiece Collection logo, and for the fact that it was still a Masterpiece Collection title when the DVD came out.


Synopsis[]

High above the dawn clouds over London, "practically perfect" Mary Poppins floats out of the sky and into the lives of two playfully mischeivious children. With the help of a carefree chimney sweep named Bert, the spirited nanny makes every chore a game and every day a "jolly holiday." But, after they leap into a imaginative world of a sidewalk chalk drawing, visit a hilarious floating tea party, and join a rooftop song and dance, it may take more than "A Spoonful of Sugar" to cheer up the children's precise and disapproving father! A Must See Movie Gene Shailt The Today Show

VHS Supplements[]

1997 VHS[]

Video Creation date Announcer
1 Green warning screens (1991-1997) September 7, 1991
2 Walt Disney Company intro + Join Us
for a Special Preview Bumper (1997-1998)
February 4, 1997 Beau Weaver
3 Trailer for The Little Mermaid re-release August 30, 1996 Mark Elliott
4 Promo for The Wonderful World of Disney on ABC
(U.S. Release Only)
July 15, 1997 Brian Cummings
5 Walt Disney Company
"Coming to Video" Bumper (1997-1998)
March 4, 1997 Beau Weaver
6 Sneak preview of Beauty and the Beast:
The Enchanted Christmas
August 5, 1997 Mark Elliott
7 Promo for Sleeping Beauty, Old Yeller and The Jungle Book July 29, 1997
8 Trailer for The Toys Who Saved Christmas August 26, 1997
9 Disney Interactive Bumper (1996-1997) October 29, 1996 Beau Weaver
10 Promo for Disney's Animated Storybook:
101 Dalmatians
November 27, 1996 Mark Elliott
11 Stay Tuned After the Feature (Mary Poppins) August 26, 1997 Beau Weaver
12 Feature Presentation (1992-1999) October 29, 1996
13 Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection logo (1994-1999) October 28, 1994
14 THX logo (1995-2005) February 4, 1997
15 Full Screen Format Disclaimer (1994-2000) January 22, 1994
16 Mary Poppins (restored version) August 12, 1994
17 Mary Poppins: Practically Perfect in Every Way August 26, 1997 Brian Cummings

1998 VHS[]

Video Creation date Announcer
1 Green warning screens (1997-2000) October 21, 1997
2 Walt Disney Home Video logo (1992-2001) March 5, 1992
3 "Now Available to Own on Videocassette" (1994-1998) October 19, 1994 Brian Cummings
4 Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection promo March 24, 1998 Mark Elliott
5 "Coming Soon to Own on Videocassette" (1994-1998) October 19, 1994 Brian Cummings
6 Video preview for Melody Time March 3, 1998 Mark Elliott
7 Video preview for The Spirit of Mickey March 24, 1998
8 Trailer for The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars March 3, 1998
9 "Feature Presentation" (1994-2000) October 19, 1994 Brian Cummings
10 Full Screen Format Disclaimer (1994-2000) January 22, 1994
11 Mary Poppins (restored version) August 12, 1994

1999 VHS[]

Video Creation date Announcer
1 Green warning screens (1997-2000) October 21, 1997
2 Walt Disney Home Video logo (1992-2001) March 5, 1992
3 "Now Available to Own on Videocassette" (1998-2000) August 4, 1998 Brian Cummings
4 Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection promo July 14, 1998 Mark Elliott
5 "Coming Soon to Own on Videocassette" (1998-2000) August 4, 1998 Brian Cummings
6 Trailer for Madeline: Lost in Paris March 9, 1999 Kath Soucie
7 "Feature Presentation" (1992-1999) April 10, 1992 Mark Elliott
8 Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection logo (1994-1999) October 28, 1994
9 Full Screen Format Disclaimer (1994-2000) January 22, 1994
10 THX logo (1995-2005) February 4, 1997
11 Mary Poppins (restored version) August 12, 1994

In Other Countries[]

Country of origin Format Release date
Japan DVD June 25, 1998
Japan VHS April 23, 1999

Television broadcasts[]

Mary Poppins aired on the Disney Channel from September 22, 1996 to June 1, 2000, on off-network syndication on May 18, 1997, and on TBS on May 21, 1997 and November 26, 1998.

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