Compilation of four animated short films profiling legendary figures in American history. John Henry goes up against a machine with his hammer to help build America's railroads; Casey Jones, the brave engineer delivers the U.S. mail in record-breaking time; Johnny Appleseed plants apple trees across America to benefit the early pioneers; Paul Bunyan, the giant lumberjack, clears the land for American settlers.

Bonus features: original Walt Disney television introduction to Johnny Appleseed; American legends: a learning adventure game; "Donald Applecore" animated short.

John Henry / directed by Mark Henn ; produced by Steven Keller ; screenplay by Shirley Pierce ; story, Jim Story, Tom Labaff, Nathan Greno -- Johnny Appleseed / direction, Wilfred Jackson ; story, Winston Hibler, Joe Rinaldi, Erdman Penner, Jesse Marsh -- Paul Bunyan / directed by Les Clark ; story by Lance Nolley, Ted Berman -- The Brave Engineer / based on the ballad of "Casey Jones" by T. Lawrence Seibert and Eddie Newton ; direction, Jack Kinney ; story, Dick Kinney, Dick Shaw.