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001398

Ephemeral film · 15 min

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Running time
15 minutes
Collection
Prelinger Archives

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★★★★★ · More rockets! · Spuzz · 2024-08-20

Criminally unseen home movie which is buried here (which is always the best of course) that mainly consists of the opening of the Rocket To The Moon ride at Disneyland. Likely taken in 1955, this has PLENTY of shots of the exterior, some mascots (astronauts!), employees, and other shots. There's also quite a but.. I wouldnt say a LOT, but quite a bit of other shots of early Disneyland. Fascinating to see the train mostly on the ground, and that the Monorail was also a ground based rail attraction. There's also shots here and there (especially towards the end) of someone's house, maybe the…