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I have recently been watching a series of Disney DVD's called Walt Disney treasures.
They have them for Micky, Goofy, Donald... but the best sets are the "Tomorrowland", "On The Front Lines", and "Disneyland U.S.A." discs.
The last one contains the opening day broadcast from Disneyland, it appears to be a Kinescope complete with all the flubs and problems of live TV, it's utterly facinating stuff!
From Amazons Site: "The opening-day special, "Dateline Disneyland" (July 17, 1955), attracted an estimated audience of 90 million--virtually every television household in America"
One of my favorites so far is on the same disc and is called "Disneyland After Dark" originally broadcast on 4/15/62
This is an absolutely pristine color presentation featuring Annette Funicello and Louis Armstrong. It's so vivid it feels like it's happening then and there, not 40+ years ago!
These sets are very limited for a Disney release, between 100,000 and 250,000 copies of each as far as I know. Many of them are available on Amazon new or used and I highly recommend them!
Eric
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