Disneyland 1956 by Jeff Altman

Chris Light

Chris Light

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http://www.vimeo.com/6016945
I am not Jeff Altman. I had nothing to do with the video. It's a short presentation that i am so impressed by because of it's sheer existance, and Jeff Altman put this together and posted it on Vimeo. I love this kind of stuff, but it gave me an overwhelming feeling about how short life really is for some reason. 53 years and the (color!) footage looks amazing.
 
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Fantastic! Thanks for posting. It shook the dust off of my memories. The selection of music and how it changed from innocent to a bit dark with minor chords added a whole extra level, almost suggesting our ignorance in a time of innocence - not knowing what the world had in store for us all.
 
cyclone said:
Fantastic! Thanks for posting. It shook the dust off of my memories. The selection of music and how it changed from innocent to a bit dark with minor chords added a whole extra level, almost suggesting our ignorance in a time of innocence - not knowing what the world had in store for us all.
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Yeah, it definitely had an odd but cool vibe that I really dug. It did veer into creepy a bit. Not horror movie creepy, but something more nebulous and profound, if that makes any sense.

Seems like this guy did a good remastering/clean up job on the footage.
 
yeah, i agree with you all...those are the types of responses i was hoping for. this guy found this footage (and apparantly there is hours more of footage his grandpa shot) and he managed to clean it up so well. if i found that stuff in MY closet, i would go thru any length to make it look that good.

the music is really what made it for me. i am particularly nostalgic about times i was not alive for, and this one his the spot. The music provided such an innocent vibe, and the dark vibe only added to the cluelessness of a country during peacetime. And my cluelessness, i mean Innocence. and the irony of the dark vibe of the song just satisfied my assumption of the world before i was born.

I've seen many documentaries over the years that cover the opening of Disneyland, but never have i seen it from a visitor's point of view quite so nicely...especially a visitor that was not only there to enjoy the park with his wife, but had his camera, tripod, oh, and Walt Disney to be a part of his day.
 
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