Disneyland: Walt’s Impossible Dream

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. --------------------------------- I plan to sail to the UK to film dozens upon dozens of historic places for this channel, if you would like to learn more about it, or help support the effort, visit the links below! Video: GoFundMe: TO CONTACT ME: My EMAIL is for business inquiries ONLY. If you have business or a proposition to discuss, please leave a comment on the channel explaining what you’d like to discuss, and request my email address from me. If you’d like to buy me a cup of coffee/tea, support my channel, or donate to it, you can choose any of the methods below, thank you! Links: Venmo: @AlexAHistorian YouTube Membership: Become a member of my YouTube channel to receive exclusive perks like your name in the credits, early access to new videos, and so on. Learn more here: DISCLAIMER: I am not a University-educated historian, Alex the Historian was a nickname I got while working at Disneyland as a tour guide. After 6 years of using it as a stage name for my channel, it would be detrimental to the channel to suddenly change the name.
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