The world’s first fully-themed amusement park, Disneyland, opened to droves of visitors from around the world on Sunday, July 17th, changed the world of entertainment forever. This video explores the incredible story of how Walt Disney dreamed up his park, and how he willed it into being.
#disneyland #waltdisney #history
CHAPTERS:
0:00 The Impossible Dream
6:14 A Land of Possibilities
8:37 Building a magic kingdom
13:43 Construction Woes
23:39 Opening Day (Black Sunday)
28:02 A Dream Come True
CREDIT:
Special thanks to Ty’s DV Adventures. While a lot of the footage used in my video I have collected over the years, I prominently used four videos that were converted to 4k by Ty’s DV Adventures:
People and Places Disneyland USA:
Operation Disneyland:
Disneyland’s 10th Anniversary:
Disneyland USA at Radio City Music Hall:
MUSIC:
“Keys Of Moon - Way To Dream“ is under a Creative Commons (CC BY 3.0) license
Music promoted by BreakingCopyright:
“Alex Productions - Pop“ is under a Creative Commons (CC BY 3.0) license.
Music promoted by BreakingCopyright:
“Scott Buckley - Horizons“ is under a Creative Commons (CC BY 3.0) license.
Music promoted by BreakingCopyright:
“Scott Buckley - Freedom“ is under a Creative Commons license (CC BY 3.0)
Music promoted by BreakingCopyright:
“Savfk - The Travelling Symphony“ is under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0)
Music promoted by BreakingCopyright:
“Keys Of Moon - North Edge“ is under a Creative Commons (CC-BY 3.0) license
Music promoted by BreakingCopyright:
’Omega’ by Scott Buckley is under a Creative Commons license (CC BY 3.0)
Music promoted by BreakingCopyright:
“Ascension“ by Scott Buckley
“Feed the Birds“ originally composed by the Sherman Brothers of Walt Disney Studios. The source for the particular version I used in this video no longer exists.
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