It wasn't released on DVD, but it was released on the very comporable Laserdisc.
It's like a DVD, only it's the size of a record and requires some flipping over sometimes...depending on the length of the movie. The original work-print of Beauty and the Beast was released on Laserdisc and is very superiour to the version that you find on the DVD. The Laserdisc version of Beauty and the Beast (Work-print) is much cleaner looking and doesn't have that annoying blue line that runs across the screen when the picture cuts from black and white to color. Ugh....it still bothers me now......