LoT Exclusive - early 60's Disneyland movies

[flippyshark]

Here are some Disneyland movies (http://web.mac.com/flippyshark/iWeb/Site/Disneyland%20Home%20Movies.html) I can guarantee you've never seen before. That's because they have been living in my Dad's garage, unseen for about forty years. I recently had them transferred, and thought I'd let you guys have a gander at them. My parents and my two older brothers are in the footage (though not much) and I'm pretty sure I wasn't born yet.

I hope this QuickTime movie is viewable by everyone. Let me know.

[BarTopDancer]

Awesome! Thank you for sharing!

[katiesue]

Flippy that was so cool. I loved all the music. Excellent job. So fun to see everything that's so familiar only not.

[CoasterMatt]

Groovy!

I dig the way everybody dressed so sharply.

[innerSpaceman]

That was WICKED KEEN!



And the musical score ... brilliant. :snap: :snap: :snap:

[mousepod]

Not only did I love the DL movie, but I cheated and clicked on your Kubrick tribute song. I love it, too.

[Not Afraid]

These could be MY home movies (if I had any). I'm trying to date stuff with a few clues - the skyway buckets being the main things that dates those shots to pre- 1965 but post 1959 because the Matterhorn is there. My first visit to DL was in 1965. Everything in these home movies seems so familiar to me. It's uncanny!

[innerSpaceman]

For a minute, I was like "what's the Matterhorn doing looking so prominent in Frontierland?" ... till I realized it was Cascade Peak.


I love the actual bobsled (not "bobsled-train") Matterhorn cars on the, ya know, actual Matterhorn.




ETA: The Kubrick Song is TEH AWESOME!

[DreadPirateRoberts]

Those are really great shots! I think some of the footage may be earlier than the sixties, especially the shots of them fishing on Tom Sawyer's island. I believe that was a short lived event. They show it on the People and Places show on the Disneyland Secrets DVD which was shot in 1956.

[JWBear]

I forgot how sparse the vegetation was compared to now.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Awesome! Thanks for sharing!

[Snowflake]

Tonight, when I get home. :( Dratted firm.

[blueerica]

You kick so much a$$!!! I love the movies! And, if I'm not mistaken, it looks like the camera man was totally going for a Goat Trick!

Fantastic!

Also, the Kubrick song pretty much rocks...

[Tref]

Wow! That was great. But what -- your parents have something against Tomorrowland?

Thanks!

[innerSpaceman]

No, they have something against Main Street. Not a shot.

There was more Tomorrowland than Fantasyland, but all the "real" lands were represented.

[lashbear]

A Masterpiece!! When's the next "Flippy Treasures" series coming out?

:cool:

[flippyshark]

There used to be an establishing shot of the castle and Main Street at the front of this reel, but it got chewed up by a cantankerous Bell and Howell projector. (The tatters are still in my possession, however. They amount to only a few seconds.)

There are dozens of film reels I haven't yet viewed or transferred. I'm crossing my fingers that some more Disneyland footage will show up. In any case, there is most certainly some 80s footage I shot myself on my own Super 8 movie camera. That's sure to show up one day. (Not yet transferred.)

[wendybeth]

That was great to watch, Flippy. Thank you!:snap:

[cirquelover]

It doesn't work for me, all I get is yellow and green fuzz.

[Tref]

No, they have something against Main Street. Not a shot.

There was more Tomorrowland than Fantasyland, but all the "real" lands were represented.

Funny, I did not recognise Tomorrowland in the clips. Did it have a moustache?

I figured Main Street would look like Main Street so no big deal. I will watch it again.

[NickO'Time]

Loved every minute of it! I don't want to miss the next one.

[Gemini Cricket]

Awesome!
:)

I likes the music!
I miss Cascade Peak.

[flippyshark]

I messed up the links on my .mac page and the one on the original post won't work. So, for anyone who hasn't seen them yet, this link (http://web.mac.com/flippyshark/iWeb/Site/X.%20Disneyland.html) will take you to the Disneyland footage.

[cirquelover]

I'm sad that I still can't see them. Am I the only one that gets the fuzzy yellow and green screen?

[flippyshark]

You're the only one who's mentioned it. Do you have QuickTime? (admittedly, the movies themselves are a little fuzzy and greenish yellow, but they are watchable. Hmmm.)

[cirquelover]

Yes I have quicktime. Don't worry I'll ask my husband when he gets home. Thanks for posting them!