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Disneyland Dream – 1956 – Restored

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This is a portion of the Disneyland Dream film from the Center for Home Movies collection. The Library of Congress has placed this film in the National Archives as well. We only restored a portion of the 30 minute film; specifically the footage of Disneyland from 1956 to demonstrate our restoration techniques. The original film, which also includes a voice over audio track, can be found here https://archive.org/details/barstow_disneyland_dream_1956 “In July 1956, the five-member Barstow family of...Read More...

Film Restoration Demonstration – Disneyland 1956

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We figured you couldn’t wait until Thursday to see our 1975 footage of WDW; so to show you the power behind the software we are using, we restored a short clip from the “Barstow Disneyland Dream”. This film is part of the Center for Home Movies collection and only has a resolution of 480 lines. Our clips coming later this week will be over 1000! Enjoy! Note this is for demo purposes only and has been...Read More...

ImageWorks Update – WDW Home Movie Film restoration

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We’ve broken out our original article into an all new section of RetroDisneyWorld.com… The restoration of old home movie film and video is starting to gain interest. Here is where we stand and what we plan to do next. First 8mm movie transfers are complete – They are enroute back from the lab, scanned at HD 1080p. Final display resolution is yet to be determined, but it will be higher than anything you’ve seen before. The...Read More...

ImageWorks Film Restoration FAQ

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Can I send you video or previously transferred film for restoration? – If the subject matter is of Disney theme parks and pre-dates 1995, then we would be interested in seeing your footage for evaluation and possible restoration. Can I send you film for transfer? – Yes, please email us at podcast@retrowdw.com for more information Can any film/video be restored? – Yes and no. The old adage of “Garbage in…Garbage out” is very true here. Videos...Read More...

Current Projects

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Below are the current projects we are working on and their associated status   Type   Topic   Source   Status Super 8 w/sound 1981 – Walt Disney World Personal Pending transfer Super 8 1971 – Walt Disney World RDW User In Transfer         8mm video Horizons Complete Ride through w audio – Pristine Footage! Intercot.com Awaiting uncompressed video 8mm Disneyland footage from 1960s Various sources Video obtained; back burner to other projects...Read More...

Before & After

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Before and After Comparisons We could show you screen shots, but its better that you see the video enhancements in action, side by side with the original source: [youtube id=”K9aizzx43OI”Read More...

Restoration Process

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Our Restoration Process We are fanantics for quality. The reason these haven’t been transferred yet is that my dad purposely waited for the right technology to come around. Well the time has come and with a little help from my friendly computer I was able to amass a set of tools that can polish most home video/movies into something of beauty. So just what do we do? Once you’ve read through how we do it, take...Read More...

1966 EPCOT Film – Restoration Complete

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We have completed and published the fully restored verion of the 1966 EPCOT Film which was part of Walt Disney's Florida Project. Filmed in October 1966, this film shows an eager Walt, just two months shy of his sudden death. This film is an amazing piece of Disneyana and Americana. Enjoy!Read More...

ImageWorks Film Restoration

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In closets, basements and attics around the world lie hide hidden gems…grainy, off color footage of days gone by, closed attractions and worlds some of us never got to see. RetroDisneyWorld presents its all new ImageWorks Film Restoration Lab – taking the films of yesteryear and restoring them for today’s viewing. While we will be working mainly on our own personal films and videos at first, we will expand out to offer this [free, for now]...Read More...

1966 EPCOT Film – Restoration Comparison – Should we do more to it?

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Here is a side by side comparison of the restoration we have been doing on Walt Disney's 1966 Film about EPCOT. We employed a few different techniques to remove dust/grain, smooth the motion, steady the picture and improve the color balance. You'll notice it is cropped a bit, that needed to be done in order to compensate for some of the scenes where the camera shakes quite a bit.Read More...