Walt Disney World - Fall 1974 - Restored Film w/Sound!
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- Опубліковано 11 вер 2024
- This 8mm film takes us everywhere via monorail from the Ticket & Transportation Center to Magic Kingdom. We get two days at MK with lots of attractions, scenery we don't usually see, and we end this trip with some other local attractions.
Enjoy!
Nice to see the electrical water pageant hasn’t changed much in 50 years!
The first I went to Disney was in February or April of 1976. I was in 6th grade and my Mom took my brother and I. The vacation was a gift for Christmas. Best Christmas present I ever got.
Can you imagine someone watching these old videos and seeing themselves in it?
I look at some of them just to see if my family ever shows up. :)
Concur! See my comments above, I missed it by a few months.
Great seeing the plot of real estate where Big Thunder Mountain was eventually built and seeing an almost completed Space Mountain. I was there then and I remember the cast members on duty at the entrance to Space Mountain telling guests that it would be open in a couple of months.
I'm struck by how uncrowded it was, and how generally unhurried everyone seems. A far cry from today, for sure. Also, how awesome are the spires at the entrance of Tomorrowland? Wish I could've seen that in person!
I always like seeing these old WDW videos. Plus, seeing the clothes back then is so groovy. ☮️
Yeppers - This one was Far out man!
i don't know why Disney removed the tall spire-like fountains at the entrance to Tomorrowland. They look more futuristic than those stupd blue rocks they have there now. The spires were cool and stunning, just like we all hope Tomorrow will actually be.
Even worse than that (way worse), the Rivers of America area is reportedly going to be removed for a racing-cartoon-car attraction.
Agreed, in theory it was because the fountains sprayed water onto the pathway. But certainly there could’ve been a better solution that would’ve kept their elegance and the mid century style of that part of the park.
Probably came down to money.
They’re getting rid of everything water related. I guess the can’t afford to pay for plumbers.
@@JohnGYoung I remember those sprays of water felt really good on a hot Florida day. Never heard anyone complaining about getting misted!
This brings back memories when I was a kid. Still miss the swan boats
Was there in 1974. Compared to today it was less about selling you things inside the park than seeing or doing.
Shopping was limited and it was all about seeing and doing. It was much less crowded and felt very middle America
with families enjoying themselves for 1 to 3 days. The average family could budget a Disney vacation there easily.
I recall 1974 being interesting as there were large tour groups from Japan getting off buses and as Americans we
were amused that every Japanese man over 20 had a camera and was taking pictures of everything.
There were no wait lines as a rule except space mountain that did take about 20 minutes to get into.
Dining was cheaper and simpler. The main attraction was main street at night for the electra light parade.
Films like this show clearly who we were a half century ago and who we have become.
It’s wild to me that so many things inside the Magic Kingdom have changed over the years…but yet so many things have remained the same.
I guess that was Walt’s vision all along. ❤
The original pre-1975 20K narration too! Another rarity. And the Peter Pan footage might be the earliest attempt I've seen to film the interior of a Fantasyland Dark Ride.
Wow there really was a big difference in color saturation between 8mm and Super 8 film stock.
Amazing and awesome to hear raw, "live" monorail spiel from 1974
When Disney was truly magical!!!!
Awesome video, the clearest Electrical Water Pageant. Been looking for footage of the red squid, best images I seen.. Thanks for sharing and preserving!
I wish I was in the WDW in the late 1970s ❤
It was the best time to be there
WOW... this is great. It feels like I stepped back in time to relive my childhood.
Absolutely Love this - My first trip as a very little boy was in 1972! Thanks for bringing back my childhood!
Mine too at 3 y.o.
Great memories. I visited around then too when i was a child, and this brings back the nostalgia for sure.
Its interesting to hear that they used the Main Street Electrical Parade music for The Electrical Water Pageant. I had no idea they did that at one point and Ive been going to WDW since 1976.
And also, let me mention.....always crazy to see the trees and landscaping so sparse in early/mid 70 videos.
This footage is remarkable! There are so many beautiful glimpses of many spaces that no longer exist. It’s especially exciting to see the hub and entrance to tomorrowland as it used to be this grand portal into the “future “. I suspect that this wasn’t 8 mm but actually super 8 that also had sound recording capability. 8 mm cameras, technically never had sound.
Love this video! Small crowd due to the fall/off-season and also probably the impact of the 73 oil embargo and economic downturn. This is what cancelled many of WDW's original plans for phase 2.
This was so cool! Thanks for posting. I'm going to raid my mom's closet for her old 8mm and Super 8 film reels after being motivated by this.
I have a new appreciation for this footage since I recently had my family movies from 1972/3 turned digital. No one in my family knows how to keep a camera still enough that you can tell what they're looking at.
Great footage, but with all the cuts and jumps, I'm about to have a seizure lol. Just look at all of the benches and seating everywhere to just stop and catch your breath or have a moment to take it all in. I miss that.
The end of this appears to be Busch Gardens Tampa. The brewery had a monorail tour I believe, the one in Los Angeles did, anyway. Busch Gardens itself was free, but the brewery/monorail tour cost like 50 cents, if it was like L.A.
It was indeed Busch Gardens Tampa Bay - we went there more than Disney at first as being from Clearwater, it was closer. Yes, there was a monorail (suspended train style) that went through the "Serengeti Plains" as an attraction - these trains were originally installed in 1966 and used propane powered engines for propulsion until a later retro fit. Closed in 1999 I do believe, to make way for new attractions.
Trippen out on this one, it was far out man!
3:20. A rarity to see footage of the CircleVision theater interior! "Magic Carpet Round The World" remains the only Disney CircleVision film for which no home video recording has ever surfaced.
No crowds. I forgot how empty it used to be at certain times of the year. Not anymore.
We only had a Super 8 mm, so I can’t speak for 8 mm, the film cartridge was only 3 minutes and 20 seconds long - you had to be judicious on selecting what to film. I spotted a Kodak 110 Instamatic too. I think we’d come home with only 24 or 36 pictures per vacation. Now I wouldn’t think twice of taking 15 photos of my cat eating, we’ve come a long way.
This is great! All the feels and memories. We didn't have sound on our 8mm. Very impressive.
This brings back so many happy memories. Thank you for this!
Hi.
What a nice video - thanks!
Question for all: Were any of you at WDW in March or April of 1974?
I ask because I was. My nuclear submarine was in a large shipyard in Pascagoula, MS and three of us decided to rent an airplane and fly to Kissimmee.
How you ask? One of the guys had a private pilots license and, and flying a 4-person plane was much like driving a submarine (except we could see where we were going on the plane🙂).
I recall how neat it was flying alomost directly over WDW (at that time, only Magic Kingdom)!
The flight down was smooth and didn't take us too long (I believe 4 hours) which was helped by a tail wind.
Flying back on Sunday was different, had to fly around several thunderstorms with a sometimes strong head wind.
We landed at Kissimmee airport and the hotel we were staying at (World Inn, located in Downtown Disney) came out and picked us up. I believe that hotel is still there, but has been changed and renamed (?).
There was a free shuttle from the hotel to the Magic Kingdom. We were in the park Saturday and Sunday, before flying back to Pascagoula late Sunday afternoon.
I recall seeing Space mountain being built at that time.
Had a great weekend, thankful for the good memory.
God Bless!
Wow normal people at the parks😱
interesting to see Space Mountain before it had opened that January.
beautiful tomorrowland
A different time. No T-shirts and no Mickey Ears.
Hmmm. This may not be from 1974. Space Mountain is open but the peoplemover is closed
We here early 🔥🔥
Boy have they decimated the original beauty of the MK!! So SO sad ...... and it continues today. WAKE UP EXECS!!!!! 😥
This film really has that "i just stepped through a time portal" feel. 🥹 Gave me the chills when I got to the re-walk down the steps into the 20,000 Leagues ride and look out the porthole. So heartwarming knowing that the Electrical Water Pageant is still around to this day almost unchanged. The octopus is still my favorite. ❤️
Imagineers, take note.
Looks like Frontierland needs more cars in it.
Good ol’ babuska head wrap. 9:37
You have any more footages of the Country Bear Jamboree in the 1970s???
Anyone know where the Howard Johnson was in this video. I stayed there my first time to Disney and want to visit the area. I think it’s some where on International Drive?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holiday_Inn_Orlando_-_Disney_Springs_Area
.. hope i'm in it .. 🤞🏰🪄🧚♂️
Disney back during the stone age😂😂😂
How’s your day and have you been back to Disney, since 1974 and what change’s do you like and don’t like there?
6:31 What hotel do you suppose that is?
I think it was guest services in the front of town hall.
12:48 Lol. Halter top and crop top on the left. Oh…the seventies.