Follow-up: Song of the South’s Mysterious Three “Missing” Minutes

In response to my recent news article on Song of the South‘s mysterious three “missing” minutes (see article), I received an email from Anders M Olsson of Lund, Sweden with this enlightening confirmation:

“It’s a well known fact that PAL runs 4% faster than NTSC, so this phenomenon, known as “PAL speedup”, is present on almost all movies released on PAL video. It’s really nothing to get excited about. It’s just there, and it’s an eternal source of confusion for those who aren’t aware of it.”

Thanks Anders! This was the first I had heard about this phenomenon, but it’s good to know that my calculations were correct. And all Song of the South fans out there can rest easy knowing that the PAL version’s shorter runtime is not due to any scenes being cut.