<P> The film was released for the first and only time on the CED format in 1982 by MGM / UA Home Video . </P> <P> Outside of the North American and European markets, the film has also been released multiple times on the Video CD format since the 1990s in Asia . </P> <P> The first DVD release was on March 26, 1997, by MGM / Turner and contained no special features or supplements . It was re-released by Warner Bros. for its 60th anniversary on October 19, 1999, with its soundtrack presented in a new 5.1 surround sound mix . The monochrome - to - color transition was more smoothly accomplished by digitally keeping the inside of the house in monochrome while Dorothy and the reveal of Munchkinland are in color . The DVD also contained a behind - the - scenes documentary, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: The Making of a Movie Classic, produced in 1990 and hosted by Angela Lansbury, which was originally shown on television immediately following the 1990 telecast of the film; it had been featured in the 1993 "Ultimate Oz" LaserDisc release . Outtakes, the deleted "Jitterbug" musical number, clips of pre-1939 Oz adaptations, trailers, newsreels, and a portrait gallery were also included, as well as two radio programs of the era publicizing the film . </P> <P> In 2005, two DVD editions were released, both featuring a newly restored version of the film with an audio commentary and an isolated music and effects track . One of the two DVD releases was a "Two - Disc Special Edition", featuring production documentaries, trailers, various outtakes, newsreels, radio shows and still galleries . The other set, a "Three - Disc Collector's Edition", included these features, as well as the digitally restored 80th - anniversary edition of the 1925 feature - length silent film version of The Wizard of Oz, other silent Oz adaptations and a 1933 animated short version . </P>

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