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Art and Linda at the Glory and Pageantry of Christmas – 1976

December 24, 2017

The Glory & Pageantry of Christmas was the story of the nativity featured annually at the Lake Buena Vista Shopping Village until 1994. We talk about it at length in our first Christmas episode. This footage is of the show in its first or second year. Read More...

Podcast Episode 35: Christmas Around The World – Part II

December 12, 2017

by RetroWDW

Podcast

Brian takes the lead this month for another amazing round of Christmas Around the World. Part 1 took place way back in 2015 on Episode 14. We discuss the 1978 special in detail this month, which offers up an amazing look at lots of our favorite vintage things at WDW. We highly recommend you take a look either before or after you listen to this episode. We go into such great detail about everything from Shields…Read More...

Remastered and Revisited – A pristine Magic Kingdom from Nov ’71

March 17, 2017

by RetroWDW

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A restored 8mm film of the Magic Kingdom in November 1971. The Christmas decorations are up - everything is still new - including the infamous frogs in the Jungle Cruise attraction. Newly re-restored using a new process we welcome you to enjoy this film again!Read More...

Christmas at WDW! uh, well…Disneyland too… 16mm Restored Film

January 25, 2017

by RetroWDW

Today we bring you early holiday stock footage released by Disney on 16mm film, presumably for use by television stations promoting Christmas in the parks. The color on this film wasn't great to start with and had many tint issues and color fades.Read More...

Podcast Episode 14 – Christmas Around the World

December 21, 2015

by RetroWDW

Podcast

The long awaited Christmas Episode is finally here. Brian takes the wheel to steer us into a great holiday episode featuring stores about the original Candlelight Processional, celebrity guests, amazing retro audio samples and tons more. Brian tells us about the Main Street garland and of course the history of the various holiday parades. This topic is loaded with content that will really spark some Christmas memories from Walt Disney World. Be sure to let us…Read More...

A pristine Magic Kingdom from Nov ’71 – Restored Home Movie footage

August 13, 2014

by RetroWDW

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@BrianPMiles was nice enough to send me a reel of film that he obtained from a garage sale. The film canister said "Florida November '71" and he took the chance that there was some WDW footage on it. Well his curiosity paid off, sandwiched between visits to Silver Springs and other Florida attractions was pristine footage of the Magic Kingdom in November 1971 - at this point this is the earliest post-opening film of WDW that...Read More...