Disneyland Progress 1955 - Part 1 

Oh my God when I hear Jimminy Cricket singing "when you wish upon a star" I get goose bumps!!

This is so cool! My dad was one of the construction workers! Thanks for sharing this with us! :-)

Gives me tears... so long ago and so many children had a Disneyland childhood - thanks to beloved Uncle Walt and his fantastic team of Imagineers ! Thanks Walt!

I remember the new stuff that Disneyland in the 1955's, Frontierland was a barren land, just like the badlands, and the old frontier..there was a smell and quality that has been in my heart and in my mind..I love it..open from 10.am untill 10..pm..closed on Mondays..

55+ years later, still real popular

I really appreciate you posting this--much obliged!

Walt Disney talking like a Hippy, Priceless! This is great Disneyland History, thanks!

Hehe I have no idea how you could doubt the city hall was a skyscraper in 1955. GREAT video

Maybe it was because of the fast workers, and slow eaters, or maybe it was the music and Walt's narration, or maybe both, but I just couldn't stop laughing and smiling at the construction footage.

It's a timeless classic. As long as Disney doesn't screw it up it'll always be the happiest place on earth.

very good

I love this show. Ferris Wheel for Worms :) Disney was hilarious!

Fun video.

You know what I realized in Iron Man 2 after watching this progress video of Disney World: Howard Stark- Walt Disney Stark Expo Opening- Disneyland Stark Expo Progress report- This video!!!

"We could go by car, of course. It's a pleasant, 50-minute drive across town." Good ol' Uncle Walt forgot he was in L.A. again.

Damn I wish Disney Channel still did this. :(

R.I.P Walt Disney

really that's so cool

This is how I remember the org.park..

that is the coolest thing ever

yup. There were preliminary plans for a WestCOT, but it was shot down.

It's hard to believe that it was built in a year, and basically with no money. I can't imagine the pressure Walt must have felt during construction.

4:17 no parking problems...

I agree!

@modecrined AWESOME!!!

I was there.

8:22-8:26 Go, man! Go, go! Dig it deep and throw it far out!

but he always seemed to look so happy. that's Walt Disney for ya'

lucky me! i live like 1 hour away from disney land! that is if the trafic is reallllyyyy slow

i loved that parking lot... then they put in california adventure park. waste of space.

interesting 2-parter.....you know that when good'ole Walt was walking those steps thru the orange groves, plotting out Dismal-land (as we used to call it when i worked there almost 2 decades ago), he was merely acting for the cameras....eh? good promo shot & good copy for the press.......yep, the Tragic Kingdom.....

You can almost smell the nicotine on Walt.

i know i am going this sunday its my bday i am going 4 3 days

tell me about it

I wish Walt Disney and his brother Roy Disney also had an entire Walt Disney World Resort built over 27,258 acres (11,031 ha; 43 sq mi) in Anahiem in California with the exact same parks (Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom, Hollywood Studios, Epcot) and resort hotels just like when Walt Disney's brother Roy Disney had an entire Walt Disney World Resort built over 27,258 acres (11,032 ha; 43 sq mi) of land in Orlando in Florida, that way it would definitely save quests and visitors the trouble of both the travel and the money of not having too book an out-of-state flight from California to Florida and also not have to leave their home state of Calofornia where they were born and raised. that is what i would've had done if i was in Walt Disney's and Roy Disney's shoes!

LoL yeah, Disney Channel shouldn't even be a part of Disney anymore.

nope

I like disneyworld but i think disneyland looks better the castle . . . Disneyland 2 Disneyworld 0