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'''Logo:''' This superimposed logo features three TV tube-like shapes. One is at the bottom, and the other two are stacked on the left and right corners of the bottom tube, which, when together, resemble Mickey Mouse's head or a water molecule (though it is probably supposed to be a V shape). The company byline appears as "A VIDEOCRAFT INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTION" or "A VIDEOCRAFT PRODUCTION".

'''Availability:''' Uncommon. Since it's an in-credit logo, it's generally preserved on most prints. Can be found on TV shows or specials from the time that used it, such as ''The New Adventures of Pinocchio'', ''The Tales of the Wizard of Oz'', ''The Ballad of Smokey the Bear'', and the 1964 TV Christmas special ''Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer''.

===2nd Logo (June 1966-November 23, 1968)===

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'''Logo:''' Over a white background, we see three colorized TV tubes aside each other, as in the infamous "V" design from the previous logo. The name "ARTHUR RANKIN, Jr." pops up in the {{color|blue}} tube on the left, while the name "JULES BASS" pops up in the {{color|green}} tube on the right. The third tube (which is {{color|orange}}) on the bottom has "Production" appear in it and "AN" above the logo, revealing the phrase as "AN ARTHUR RANKIN, Jr.-JULES BASS Production". We pan out to reveal the words "VIDEOCrAFT International Limited" appearing in black underneath the logo.

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'''Logo:''' On a {{color|blue}} background, a large white tube sits flat, resembling a TV screen. A {{color|blue}} rectangle then appears like a door shutting and 2 circles appear separately on top of each other, one {{color|blue}} and the other {{color|lightblue|light blue}}. The text "{{color|lightblue|A}} {{Color|blue|ranKin bass}} {{color|lightblue|PRODUCTION}}", each word stacked, appears next to the shapes. The logo itself is supposed to represent an abstract "'''RB'''", with the "'''R'''" formed up with the darker colored parts and the "'''B'''" made up of all the shapes.

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'''Logo:''' The screen flashes three different shades of {{color|blue}}, with the effect that they're getting sucked inwards, into a rectangle at the left edge of the screen. Every time they go through a shade, that's what the color of the rectangle is, until all three have been done and the screen is white. Then the circles appear to complete the stylized "RB", except instead of just appearing, layers of the circles zoom in until they fill the outline – they sort of "grow" in their places. To the right of the logo appear the words "{{color|lightblue|A}} {{Color|blue|ranKin bass}} {{color|lightblue|PRODUCTION}}" as usual, with "{{Color|blue|ranKin bass}}" wiping in with the circles before the rest appear. It looks like the first logo without the TV monitor.

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'''Logo:''' On a black background, the 1975 logo plays, without the "A" and "PRODUCTION" above and below the now-white "ranKin bass" words, respectively. The word "''{{Color|skyblue|animated}}''" in a script-like font flashes and appears. The words "{{Color|skyblue|entertainment from}}" then slides in. We then cut to a sped-up version of the [[Telepictures Productions|Telepictures]] "Linecoaster" logo.

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'''Logo:''' We see the classic Rankin-Bass logo, except made completely three-dimensional, with the text in {{Color|royalblue|royal blue}} and in the corporate font of then-current parent company Telepictures. A white line forms under the logo, and that line "springs" into a cursive "Animated Entertainment". Then, the "RB" zooms up, and the shapes slide apart as they come closer to the screen, revealing a white "from". As the "O" overtakes the screen, we see the animation of either [[Telepictures Productions|Telepictures]] (1985-86) or [[Lorimar-Telepictures]] (1986-89), which eventually fills the entire screen.