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Contemporary Resort – 1970s Shag and Flair – Restored Home Movie HD

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The first of the three is a silent 8mm film and we were impressed at the filming locations and the steadiness of the camera. There are many shots of the monorail gliding in and out of the resort - almost to the point of ad nauseam; fortunately we soon move inside and are treated to the area that has now become Chef Mickey's. Look at the lights! Look at the Orange Juice dispenser on the buffet…Read More...

Dateline: October 14, 1982 – EPCOT Center – Silent 8mm film with Horizons Construction

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There comes a time when an eBay automated search turns up a diamond in the rough - this has surely got to be one of those times. Brian and I both found this film on the auction site and we immediately began to ensure that we would be able to secure it. We accidentally bid against each other, but no harm done, we got the film. There are a few things that make this particular film…Read More...

Some films came in from transfer today…A quick preview!

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Things have been quiet with the holidays and a storm that knocked out power/internet to RetroWDW’s home office for a few days. Fear not, we are back, and today a package arrived with our latest home movie transfesr. Here are a few frame caputures of un-restored footage. This is the raw footage before any processing… Contemporary resort? Check… Home of Future Lriving? Got it!  Ft Wilderness Railroad.. Yes of course!  Horizons under construction? What is that...Read More...

Magic Kingdom Architecture & Landscape ’72 Style – Restored Film

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If there is one thing that stands out in this film, it is the blue water... Seriously, the Rivers of America, the canals around the castle, the water in Adventureland has an almost fake looking blue tint to it. I can only assume a dye was used. Anyway, aside from the blue water this film really highlights the architecture of the park because whoever took it focused on buildings, landscape, fountains and other items that most…Read More...

1976 Magic Kingdom Swan Boats and More – Restored Film

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Sometimes things on eBay pop up that are worth spending a few dollars on. Sometimes you know whats on there, and sometimes you are purely taking a chance. With the help of a friend we were able to secure a few reels of Magic Kingdom footage from 1976. With a total running time of of nearly 5 minutes we are first treated to ride on the Peoplemover - oh how I long for the days of…Read More...

1978 Magic Kingdom & Mickey’s 50th Birthday Parade – Restored Film

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Yes we here the collective groans..."What? another parade?!".. we agree, but this should be the last one for awhile, and after this we have 3 other non parade films to release. On the bright side this film does open with a nice shot across Seven Seas Lagoon, the ferryboat ride over to the Magic Kingdom and then some general shots in and around the park. The fife and drum corp does their thing and then Mickey's…Read More...

Double Feature Monday – ’72 Magic Kingdom and ’75 Parades Restored HD

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We are back from our trip to Florida (no Mouse this time, just a world of wizarding..) and we felt it was time to release our next films. For our first film, to be honest, we have no idea where it came from; all we know is that it is from August 1972. After the obligatory opening shot of Main Street, we get a really nice view of the flowers on East street and then some...Read More...

We are back on the @INTERCOT podcast this week for more old school WDW!

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We are back this week on Episode 69 of the Intercot Insider Live Podcost – The entire crew goes over a bit of the Norway overlay with Frozen and then on to alot of attractions that have had replacements and discuss “Which is better, the original or the replacement?!”  Listen to actual ride audio segments from The Living Seas, Universe of Energy and El Rio Del Tiempo and learn about the trippy nature of Magic Journeys!...Read More...

Swan Boats and Adventureland Steel Drum Band in ’75 Style

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I felt bad the other night when I got everyone psyched up for new film restoration - specifically I've been much like Paul Revere in recent weeks..."The Swan Boats are coming, the Swan boats are coming!" I wasn't joking around, the transfer was complete last week and when the hard drive arrived it turned out everything on it was corrupt. To make some amends, and to prove that I'm not trying to turn this into some…Read More...