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California Trip, Disneyland Home Movies Xd4677 (1956)

1956 · Short film · 24 min

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This color film offers a time-capsule look at a family vacation to Southern California in the summer of 1956, including a trip to Disneyland (celebrating just over a year in operation) as well as other landmarks and tourist attractions of the region, including Mission Santa Inés, Pea Soup Andersen’s, Wayfarers Chapel, and Marineland of the Pacific (TRT: 24:35).Disneyland’s City Hall on “Main Street, U.S.A.” A wagon, “Bekins Van & Storage Co.” A horse-drawn trolley car, a carriage, and a fire truck wagon near the entrance of the theme park. “Disneyland Fire Dept.” (0:06). The Main Street Cinema’s marquee advertises Rudolph Valentino and Vilma Banky. A marching brass band in red uniforms. A cigar store Indian Native American stereotype statue outside a tobacconist shop (0:57). A Carnation milk and ice cream truck. A head-on view of the Disneyland Band (1:50). A circus wagon. Dining areas of “The Pavillion” with shade umbrellas. A sign: “See Prof. Keller’s Jungle Killers” (2:13). Log structures of Frontierland, thatched roofs of Adventureland. “Tiki’s Tropical Imports” (2:50). A passenger boat on the Jungle Cruise and the area surrounding the docks (3:18). Pedestrian parents and children. aboard the Jungle Cruise. Real alligators and false, ear-wiggling hippos (4:02). A sign for Adventureland. More Jungle Cruise footage: A fake rhino, elephant, lion, giraffe, hippo, and waterfall (4:18). A racist stereotyped figure of an African native (5:05). The Adventureland Bazaar (5:34).…

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Running time
24 minutes
Collection
Ephemeral Films

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