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Restored home video: Polynesian and Contemporary Resort – November 1987

Tagged: 1987, Contemporary Resort, Polynesian

Featured on our last live movie night, this is our video restoration of a home movie from November 1987. We start off with a great pan around the waterfall that used to be featured in the lobby of the Polynesian. Next up are some great shots from the Polynesian beach…

Restored Video: Living with the Land with live narrator

Tagged: EPCOT, The Land

Welcome to a voyage of discovery and awareness of the richness, the diversity, and the often surprising nature of living with the land When the opening day Listen to the Land attraction was updated to Living with the Land in the early 1990’s, the ride featured both prerecorded narration as…

Restored Video: Fantasy Follies Stage Show (September 1983)

Tagged: 1983, Fantasyland Faire, Magic Kingdom, Show

The Fantasy Faire stage was located at the northern end of Fantasyland, where new Fantasyland sits today. Fantasy Follies was a song and dance revue show featuring Disney characters as well as live performers. Our restored video features the entire 20 minute performance from September 1983.

Restored home video: Discovery Island (November 1987)

Tagged: 1987, Discovery Island

Sail across Bay Lake for an afternoon on Discovery Island. This home video from 1987 features a look at a variety of exotic birds that lived on the island and a great look at the shipwreck on the shore of the island.

Video: Michael Eisner on Larry King (1993)

Tagged: 1993

Legendary talk show host Larry King passed away earlier today at age 87. Among the huge collection of his interviews is this 1993 interview with then-Disney CEO Michael Eisner. We are pleased to present this restored video as a tribute to Mr. King. Larry and Michael discuss the upcoming American…

Restored film: Circus World and Sea World (July 1978)

This short silent film features footage from Central Florida parks, Circus World and SeaWorld. Circus World was a park themed by Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus and operated from 1974 until 1986. The film contains shots of the performers (both human and animal) as well as a number…

Remastered video: Walt Disney World Information Channel – 1991

Tagged: 1991, Resort Channel

We are pleased to present another restored video in our series of Walt Disney World Information Channel recordings. This is from 1991, during the 20th anniversary festivities. Guests staying in one of The Walt Disney World resort hotels would see this loop on their in-room TV to see previews of…

Restored video: Delta Dreamflight (1991)

Tagged: 1991, Dreamflight, Magic Kingdom, Tomorrowland

We’re gonna take you flyin’, and they’ll be no denyin’, this Dreamflight’s bound for non-stop fantasy! Delta Dreamflight was a Tomorrowland omnimover attraction focusing on the history of aviation. Each scene featured cartoon-style backgrounds and characters showing different eras of flight. The finale of the attractions led guests into what…

Video: WDW Concept Art from Imagineering (1991)

Tagged: 1991, Imagineering

Take a video tour through this Imagineering exhibit featuring concept art for coming attractions – and some that never materialized. A Journey to the Center of the Earth attraction as part of the Disney-MGM Studios Backstage Tour would never come to be, but a similar attraction was built as part…

Restored Video: The Magic Kingdom in 1983

Tagged: 1983, Country Bear Jamboree, Fantasyland Faire, It's a Small World, Magic Kingdom

This nearly hour long video has some great shows and attractions as seen in the Magic Kingdom circa 1983. A nearly complete video of the Country Bear Jamboree as well as It’s a Small World is featured. The video also contains the full 20 minute “Fantasy Follies” show that ran…

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