Disney shelved ‘Disneyland Handcrafted’ documentary for years

“Disneyland Handcrafted” was born out of the Disneyland Movie Nights that Baxter regularly hosted where he screened unedited ...

This new Disneyland documentary offers a rare behind-the-scenes look at the original park — and the mindset that built it

Walt Disney’s early embrace of television meant cameramen were on site throughout Disneyland’s construction, capturing the ...

It's incredible to see the construction work that happened in one year leading up to the opening of Disneyland (this footage may be from 1955 or 1954).

The above clip is video from the new "Disneyland Hadcrafted" from Leslie Iwerks, the great documentary filmmakers who created ...
Los Angeles Magazine

New Documentary Brings the Construction of Disneyland to Life

Leslie Iwerks’ Disneyland Handcrafted uses rare footage to show how Walt Disney and his team built Disneyland ahead of its 1955 opening.

Walt Disney was ‘scared’ Disneyland would never be ready for opening day in 1955

There isn’t one thing that any human being would spend 15 cents to come and see,’ Walt Disney says in the new ‘Disneyland ...
Marin Independent Journal

Disneyland had a nightmare start in 1955, but ‘Walt’s Folly’ quickly won over fans

Disneyland’s opening day on July 17, 1955 was a nightmare that would become known in Disney lore as Black Sunday — all broadcast live in front of a national TV audience of 90 million, the largest in ...