Celebrate the season of the arrival of public domain with Springtime (1929)! This early Walt Disney Silly Symphonies animated short film is a exploration of nature set entirely to classical music. The cartoon features flora and fauna, including charming flowers, busy ladybugs, crawling centipedes, soaring birds, and hopping frogs. Without a strong narrative or specific characters, this black-and-white short highlights Disney’s early mastery of animation synchronized to a vibrant musical score. This foundational cartoon has recently entered the Public Domain and I can’t imagine what good that’s going to do for anyone, other than allowing you to screen it for profit to the handful of cineastes who might care.