Magic Kingdom 1978 – Estate Collection Find – Restored Home Movie

  We’ve had this film completed and uploaded for a number of months now, but other projects forced us to back burner this release for a little bit. We’re between podcast episodes so this is now a good as time as any to let the world in on this little gem. Our 1978 visit to the Magic Kingdom starts with footage in Adventureland of JP & The Silver Stars, the steel drum band in permanent residency for many years in this location. A brief parade shot of Pluto and Goofy (and a cupcake) yields to a flood of people exiting the riverboat and some character greetings (notice the costume improvements today over the visible headpiece on Chip n Dale). Racing along the Tomorrowland Speedway we see some of the old posters for famous raceways that used to line the starting point. A more genteel ride follows on the WEDWay Peoplemover. Peoplemover fans are in for a treat as our cameraman took extensive footage of his ride along the futuristic transport. Our subjects exit Tomorrowland alongside the spires (I can’t tell if the water jets were running or not) before taking in the afternoon parade where Mickey is wearing his 50th birthday hat (Pooh and some other characters have birthday hats on too).  For some reason Alice and Mr. Smee have pom-poms. This film was an eBay find for us from an estate collection. Enjoy!