<Li> The 1940 Disney animated film Fantasia features a segment using The Nutcracker Suite . This version was also included both as part of the 3 - LP soundtrack album of Fantasia (since released as a 2 - CD set), and as a single LP, with Dance of the Hours, another Fantasia segment, on the reverse side . </Li> <Li> The Spirit of Christmas, a 1950 marionette made - for - TV featurette in color narrated by Alexander Scourby, utilizes the poem A Visit from St. Nicholas, and this sequence also includes music from The Nutcracker . </Li> <Li> A 1951 thirty - minute short, Santa and the Fairy Snow Queen, issued on DVD by Something Weird Video, features several dances from The Nutcracker . </Li> <Li> A 1954 16mm short subject version of The Little Match Girl features a dream sequence in which music from The Nutcracker is played . </Li>

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