Disneyland: Walt's Impossible Dream

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The world’s first fully-themed amusement park, Disneyland, opened to droves of visitors from around the world on Sunday, July 17th, 1955…and 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.

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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:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65IGPYYmK6w&t=307s
Operation Disneyland:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNZHRWHIY3Q&t=89s
Disneyland’s 10th Anniversary:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsJBOPIQW_k&t=360s
Disneyland USA at Radio City Music Hall:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiuFT-hiuiM

MUSIC:
“Keys Of Moon – Way To Dream” is under a Creative Commons (CC BY 3.0) license
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Music promoted by BreakingCopyright: https://bit.ly/bc-way-to-dream

“Alex Productions – Pop” is under a Creative Commons (CC BY 3.0) license.
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“Scott Buckley – Horizons” is under a Creative Commons (CC BY 3.0) license.
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“Scott Buckley – Freedom” is under a Creative Commons license (CC BY 3.0) https://www.youtube.com/user/musicbys…
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“Savfk – The Travelling Symphony” is under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0)
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“Keys Of Moon – North Edge” is under a Creative Commons (CC-BY 3.0) license
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‘Omega’ by Scott Buckley is under a Creative Commons license (CC BY 3.0)
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“Ascension” by Scott Buckley
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMx5roxJ7Uk

“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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40 thoughts on “Disneyland: Walt's Impossible Dream”

  8. Disneyland is just an absolutely amazing theme park but it’s just the best place to be to escape the troubles and worries of the real world!!! I can honestly never get enough of Disneyland it’s pretty much an obsession at this point, Walt Disney seemed like a pretty amazing man I would’ve loved to have met him but he would sure be proud of people like u Alex who keep the Disney memories and history alive and never forgotten!!! I really hope annual passes/ Magic Keys come back soon and thank u for this video I can’t believe Disneyland is 67 years old!!! ❤️

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  9. The park opened about a month before I was born……..& I remember heading down for a first visit sometime in the early 1960s. I think I've only been there 3 or 4 times after that, when I was stationed at Camp Pendleton in 1975.

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  10. Alex, where have you been? I could watch your Disneyland videos all day, every day! I learn something new each time I watch! I appreciate all the work you put into your videos! This one is magical! Thank you!

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  12. That TV coverage was
    Excessive….by a factor of 10…ofcource Disney owns ABC today BUT THEY WERE PARTNERs even then,,, if THEY Passed that off as news it was CRIMINAL….no different than if THEY bought stock IN something and presented as news how great it was

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  14. Wonderful video, Alex! I've always admired the history of both Disneyland and 'World. And your touch always makes it so much more magical 🙂 Thanks you for all the time and passion you put into your videos. And this also applies to the Queen Mary, especially the "Lost Places" streams. I love those 🙂

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  19. There was truly no greater imagination than that of Walt's at the time. All it took make his dream come true was the right amount of manpower, good financial backing, a couple of crazy ideas that could actually pay off, some familiar Disney characters to help pitch in, a collective team of imagineers, and of course withing upon a star.

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  20. What do you guys think about the social justice cancel culture canceling Walt’s opening day speech from this years 67th Disneyland’s birthday ? What’s next ?

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  21. Wow!!! What a great video per usual. Your channel deserves more views. We can really tell the effort you put into your work and it’s amazing. Your videos are incredible to history nerds like myself.

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  28. After the TV broadcast, Art Linkletter said that Walt made a "bum" out of Barnum. LOL! I was 6 yrs. old from Houston, Texas in the early '70's when I had my 1st visit there. My parents wedding anniversary also happened to be July 17th. It should also be noted that the 1954 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (live action) was way over budget as well. If Leagues or Disneyland or both had faltered, there may have been NO WDP. I'm sure glad both worked! Thanks Alex!

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  30. I love hearing the story(ies) of the development of Disneyland. Typically, there's something new to know that I didn't know before. No different here. Wonderful!
    One of my favorite incidents of the opening day telecast's, "hiccups," is a scene when Bob Cummings was supposed to go on air to discuss an aspect of the park. However, since there were communication and telecasting difficulties constantly happening, the airing of the segment began to broadcast before Bob Cummings was aware that the camera was rolling. This was clearly evident because when the telecast began, Mr. Cummings was engaged in what seemed to be a somewhat intimate conversation with a beautiful, young woman. After a few seconds of this candid interaction between Bob Cummings and the woman, Bob is suddenly made aware of the camera rolling and he quickly shirks the woman, straightens himself up, gives a slightly embarrassed smile, then proceeds with his proper address to the audience.

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  33. One of my favorite attractions at WDW is One Man’s Dream, in all its forms. We went every year to WDW, and at least once I went into Dream. Walt Disney is, for me, like our Founding Fathers and NASA: a Visionary. Thank you for this, Alex the Historian. 🎬👏🏻

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  34. This is the best, most concise Disneyland history I've seen. And I've seen all of them many times. Even has shots I've never seen. Great job of narration writing and editing pace.

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