The theatrical release of this film in the USA was as part of the reissue of The Sword in the Stone (1963).
With the death of Sebastian Cabot in 1977, the voice of the Narrator is now taken by Laurie Main. Likewise the deaths of Junius Matthews (Rabbit) and Barbara Luddy (Kanga) necessitated recasting of their voices.
The fourth and final Pooh featurette.
The only Pooh film to not feature the original vocals for the original Winnie The Pooh theme song at any part of the film.
Sterling Holloway declined to return as the voice of Pooh, resulting in Hal Smith (already the voice of Owl) being cast in his place. Smith would voice the character once more in Welcome to Pooh Corner (1983).