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07-17-2011, 09:04 AM
July 17, 1955 – Former President Ronald Reagan, a friend of Walt Disney, participated in the opening ceremony’s of Disneyland.
July 17, 1956 – A patent for a “panoramic motion picture presentation arrangement” was filed with the United States Patent Office by Walt Disney and Ubi Iwerks. The patent application was specifically for a method of filming a 360 degree panoramic film using eleven 16mm Kodak Cine-Special cameras (and projecting them in 16mm). The patent would be granted June 28, 1960.
July 17, 1961 – The Disney film “Grey Friars Bobby” was released.
July 17, 1962 – The “Aunt Jemima’s Kitchen” opened in Frontierland at Disneyland. (Replaced “Aunt Jemima Pancake House) (Closed 1970)
July 17, 1963 – Disney’s live-action feature film “Savage Sam” was generally released.
July 17, 1965 – A second “Great Moments With Mr. Lincoln” opened, this time in Disneyland. (The Original Great Moments is still running at this time at the New York World’s Fair.) Housed in a new Main Street facility called Opera House, Walt Disney himself dedicated the new attraction. This Disneyland production is not completely identical to the Fair’s. A new pre-show, “The Lincoln Story,” replaced the Fair’s which centers around the state of Illinois.
July 17, 1965 – Walt Disney spoke at the “Tencennial Celebration For Cast Members” at the Disneyland Hotel’s Magnolia Room. (He hosted the celebration to acknowledge the challenges for early Disneyland and recognized some of the original cast that were part of the show in 1955.
July 17, 1965 – TV Guide featured an article about Walt titled “Still Attacking His Ancient Enemy – Conformity” by Edith Efron. Her words included: “The details of alt Disney’s life have often been published. But all that is really essential to know is that his is a pure Horatio Alger story – The Story of a very poor boy who was raised on a Missouri farm, who never finished high school, who worked incessantly to bring his innocent personal visions into existence, who succeeded after a series of bitter struggles, who rose to international fame by embodying some of mankind’s most endearing characteristics in a mouse, and who has been free, ever since, to produce his very special type of fantasies.”
July 17, 1970 – Disneyland celebrated its 15th birthday along with 130 of the park’s original cast members (who are know as Club 55.)
July 17, 1971 – Cliff Edwards, the voice of Jiminy Crickett, died at the Virgil Convalescent Hospital in Hollywood, Ca.
July 17, 1956 – A patent for a “panoramic motion picture presentation arrangement” was filed with the United States Patent Office by Walt Disney and Ubi Iwerks. The patent application was specifically for a method of filming a 360 degree panoramic film using eleven 16mm Kodak Cine-Special cameras (and projecting them in 16mm). The patent would be granted June 28, 1960.
July 17, 1961 – The Disney film “Grey Friars Bobby” was released.
July 17, 1962 – The “Aunt Jemima’s Kitchen” opened in Frontierland at Disneyland. (Replaced “Aunt Jemima Pancake House) (Closed 1970)
July 17, 1963 – Disney’s live-action feature film “Savage Sam” was generally released.
July 17, 1965 – A second “Great Moments With Mr. Lincoln” opened, this time in Disneyland. (The Original Great Moments is still running at this time at the New York World’s Fair.) Housed in a new Main Street facility called Opera House, Walt Disney himself dedicated the new attraction. This Disneyland production is not completely identical to the Fair’s. A new pre-show, “The Lincoln Story,” replaced the Fair’s which centers around the state of Illinois.
July 17, 1965 – Walt Disney spoke at the “Tencennial Celebration For Cast Members” at the Disneyland Hotel’s Magnolia Room. (He hosted the celebration to acknowledge the challenges for early Disneyland and recognized some of the original cast that were part of the show in 1955.
July 17, 1965 – TV Guide featured an article about Walt titled “Still Attacking His Ancient Enemy – Conformity” by Edith Efron. Her words included: “The details of alt Disney’s life have often been published. But all that is really essential to know is that his is a pure Horatio Alger story – The Story of a very poor boy who was raised on a Missouri farm, who never finished high school, who worked incessantly to bring his innocent personal visions into existence, who succeeded after a series of bitter struggles, who rose to international fame by embodying some of mankind’s most endearing characteristics in a mouse, and who has been free, ever since, to produce his very special type of fantasies.”
July 17, 1970 – Disneyland celebrated its 15th birthday along with 130 of the park’s original cast members (who are know as Club 55.)
July 17, 1971 – Cliff Edwards, the voice of Jiminy Crickett, died at the Virgil Convalescent Hospital in Hollywood, Ca.