"Disneyland" Disneyland 10th Anniversary (1965)

User Rating:

8.7/10   

Director:

Hamilton Luske

TV Series:

"Disneyland" (1954)

Original Air Date:

3 January 1965 (Season 11, Episode 13)

Genre:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Biography | Drama | Family | Fantasy | Sci-Fi | Western

Plot:

Walt Disney introduces Julie Reems,Miss Disneyland Tencennial,who is to travel as Disneyland's official ambassador,and he shows Julie the imagineering department at Disneyland,and shows her the initial project of the IT'S A SMALL WORLD building that will be built,and the new restaurant that will be built. Then he shows her the haunted mansion that will be built,and miniatures of the Pirates of the Carribean ride that will be built.Next,Tinkerbell uses her "magic" to take viewers to Disneyland for the big 10 year celebration with Mickey and the gang.A big cake with dancing candles(girls in candle costumes) entertains us,then the big cake separates into pieces that put on a nonsensical (to be funny)show.Bands from Anaheim high schools march and play down the main street of Disneyland,and Mickey Mouse pounds a big oversized drum. Walt then takes Julie and viewers on a history of Disneyland and how it was built.Footage of such people as the Shah of Iran,Prince Bernhart of the Netherlands,India's prime minister Nehru and U.S.President Dwight Eisenhower and grandchildren riding the rides are featured.Footage of John Mills and his wife and daughter Hayley looking over the Swiss Family Robinson treehouse is featured.The jungleland ride is then shown.Next,Walt takes Julie to meet one of the parrots of the Tiki room.The secrets of how the Tiki room works are revealed.The show ends with Disneyland at night,and the Dixieland at Disneyland celebration,and it ends with people on the steamship MARK TWAIN singing "When the Saints come Marching In" and fireworks explode in the air.

Plot Keywords:

Donald Duck | Walt Disney | Disneyland | Variety | Tomorrowland

Cast

Mary Blair	...	Herself
Harriet Burns	...	Herself (as Harriet)
Claude Coats	...	Himself (as Claude)
Roland F. Crump	...	Himself (as Roland Crump)
Marc Davis	...	Himself
Walt Disney	...	Himself - Host
Blaine Gibson	...	Himself (as Blaine)
John Hench	...	Himself (as Johnny Hench)
Julie Rheim	...	Herself - Miss Disneyland Tencennial

Directed by
Hamilton Luske		(as Hamilton S. Luske)

Original Music by
Buddy Baker
George Bruns
Franklyn Marks

Cinematography by
Frank V. Phillips		(director of photography) (as Frank Phillips)

Film Editing by
Lloyd L. Richardson

Set Decoration by
Emile Kuri

Costume Design by
Chuck Keehne

Makeup Department
Pat McNalley	....	makeup artist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Joseph L. McEveety	....	assistant director

Sound Department
Robert O. Cook	....	sound

Other crew
Bill Berg	....	special material
Walt Disney	....	presenter
Tom Mahoney	....	choreographer
McLaren Stewart	....	production associate
Tommy Walker	....	coordinator: Disneyland

Production Companies

• Walt Disney Productions

Distributors

• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (BVHE) (2001) (USA) (DVD)
• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1965) (USA) (TV) (original airing)

Runtime:

60 min

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound Recording)

Filming Locations:

Disneyland Park, Disneyland Resort - 1600 S. Disneyland Drive, Anaheim, California, USA

Company:

Walt Disney Productions

Movie Connections:

Edited into Disneyland: Secrets, Stories, & Magic (2007) (V)

Soundtrack:

Anniversary Song