tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2440013033477237104.post60797427798231077..comments2024-03-18T04:26:52.991-07:00Comments on Meet The World: Walt Disney's "America The Beautiful" at DisneylandTokyoMagic!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16340756514811789233noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2440013033477237104.post-24857117470118316042016-11-23T12:25:44.367-08:002016-11-23T12:25:44.367-08:00Thank you for subscribing, Josh!
Thank you, Dreem...Thank you for subscribing, Josh!<br /><br />Thank you, Dreemfinder! And you are welcome! That was my favorite line in the entire movie. I really wish they would bring this back to Disneyland or find a place in DCA for it!TokyoMagic!https://www.blogger.com/profile/16340756514811789233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2440013033477237104.post-59641979809895735872016-11-23T05:17:03.710-08:002016-11-23T05:17:03.710-08:00A THOUSAND THANKS! So many times I've seen vid...A THOUSAND THANKS! So many times I've seen video and audio posts of this film but NEVER with this original, splendid and delightfully dated narration, which I have so sorely missed!<br /><br />"Uh, please don't pick the flowers as we pass."Dreemfinderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12604572363076670321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2440013033477237104.post-79394768643095704882016-08-11T09:29:29.718-07:002016-08-11T09:29:29.718-07:00Awesome. And I Subscribe You on Youtube.Awesome. And I Subscribe You on Youtube.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12119362196421621275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2440013033477237104.post-71026338544832675072016-08-10T11:15:50.737-07:002016-08-10T11:15:50.737-07:00Hey Josh, I have a post planned for just three mon...Hey Josh, I have a post planned for just three months from now (November) that will include full footage of American Journeys, The Wonders of China, and the pre-show film that played out in the lobby prior to both CircleVision movies. I'll leave a message/comment here when that post gets published. Thanks for commenting!TokyoMagic!https://www.blogger.com/profile/16340756514811789233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2440013033477237104.post-5844147378583996942016-08-10T09:43:19.722-07:002016-08-10T09:43:19.722-07:00I Am Interested to See American Journeys.I Am Interested to See American Journeys.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12119362196421621275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2440013033477237104.post-2533130347584877632016-03-10T10:09:07.064-08:002016-03-10T10:09:07.064-08:00Thanks for this info on an old favorite.
We never...Thanks for this info on an old favorite.<br /><br />We never missed this show on our visits, even though young me hated the standing wait.<br /><br />Best.<br /><br />JGAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2440013033477237104.post-39888631068304876032016-01-17T12:42:33.845-08:002016-01-17T12:42:33.845-08:00Sunday Night, Thank you for commenting....I'm ...Sunday Night, Thank you for commenting....I'm glad you enjoyed it!!!TokyoMagic!https://www.blogger.com/profile/16340756514811789233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2440013033477237104.post-53538041191360591212016-01-17T12:32:03.475-08:002016-01-17T12:32:03.475-08:00Great! I loved this as a kid. Even today the eff...Great! I loved this as a kid. Even today the effect works as I noticed the crowd oooed and ahhhed when the helicopter shot banked. And who could forget that winter Yosemite scene as the camera emerges from the tunnel. Thanks for posting this.Sunday Nightnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2440013033477237104.post-14075496361191573112016-01-15T01:19:44.535-08:002016-01-15T01:19:44.535-08:00Mike, thank you so much for answering that questio...Mike, thank you so much for answering that question! Ah, yes....Independence Hall. The scene where you can see a visitor trip over his own feet as he is distracted by the Circle Vision camera!TokyoMagic!https://www.blogger.com/profile/16340756514811789233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2440013033477237104.post-73367395985519995702016-01-15T01:11:45.910-08:002016-01-15T01:11:45.910-08:00Yes- the 1976 Becentennial edition of AMERICA THE ...Yes- the 1976 Becentennial edition of AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL featured newly filmed scenes of Independence Hall ( remember the women in from in hot pants!) Colonial Williamsburg and The Liberty Bell. There was also a new attraction poster done for both Disneyland and Walt Disney World based on the 1967 poster but with revised graphics and wording.MIKE COZARThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03616421722228113410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2440013033477237104.post-69709558071812772842016-01-13T02:42:07.677-08:002016-01-13T02:42:07.677-08:00Thank you, Mike for that information! Wow, I woul...Thank you, Mike for that information! Wow, I would have loved to have seen another theater show in the Carousel Theater. And how wonderful that would have been to get the American Adventure here in California.<br /><br />So was there a difference between the 1976 "America The Beautiful" and the 1967 version? Or was it just that we got the WDW print that was struck in 1976, but there were no differences in the film itself?TokyoMagic!https://www.blogger.com/profile/16340756514811789233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2440013033477237104.post-78156056319248464522016-01-13T01:08:33.989-08:002016-01-13T01:08:33.989-08:00Actually when AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL was brought ba...Actually when AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL was brought back for a farewell performance at Disneyland before the NEW TOMORROWLAND of 1998 began construction, Disneyland was showing the Walt Disney World 1976 back-up copy of America The Beautiful. The only remaining copy that was still usable (without the cost of making new prints) Whoever the cast members were that said you were watching a NEWLY made print were very wrong. In-fact, the film was faded in many parts and in some points (the St Louis Arch scene for example) - you were watching a still frame because that segment had deteriorated to much. There was absolutely NO money in the budget what-so ever to have made brand new prints of the Circle-Vison film for its short return performance.<br /><br />The reason the Walt Disney World print of the film was in better condition is that the 1976 AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL was not played for very long in Florida's circle-Vison theater. The Circle-Vison film "MAGIC CARPET 'ROUND THE WORLD" returned shortly after the Bicentennial. <br />Upstairs in Disneyland's projection/splicing room was a DISNEYLAND back-up copy (in fairly poor condition) that could be used to splice parts in should the vintage Florida copy of America The Beautiful break or wear. Again these were both the 1976 version of AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL. <br /><br />In 1982/83 "MAGIC CARPET 'ROUND THE WORLD" was updated for Tokyo Disneyland -this updated version was also shown at Walt Disney World for a short time before AMERICAN JOURNEYS was completed (originally announced as AMERICAN SPIRIT) <br /><br />When Disneyland's Circle-Vison overhaul was completed in 1984 it was originally intended that the double film system would allow Disneyland to show AMERICAN JOURNEYS AND MAGIC CARPET 'ROUND THE WORLD. But before this happened there was a Disneyland enhancement program to begin to bring new EPCOT CENTER attractions to Disneyland - so WONDERS OF CHINA came to California. So did MAGIC JOURNEYS 3-D and there were plans for AMERICAN ADVENTURE in a new Liberty Square, a form of Horizons "Looking Back at Tomorrow" sequence inside the Carousel Theater and even Journey Into Imagination was being planed to have a version in Disneyland. These other EPCOT additions all were victims of the EISNER regime. <br /><br />-MikeMIKE COZARThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03616421722228113410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2440013033477237104.post-61803380450425026262016-01-10T11:53:35.083-08:002016-01-10T11:53:35.083-08:00I have never been in the Carthay Circle Theater (h...I have never been in the Carthay Circle Theater (haven't been to DCA since before "Carsland"!), but it would be AWESOME if they reintroduced a Circlevision presentation - especially the classic "America the Beautiful" or "Tour of the American West" films!Major Pepperidgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09843598326995116014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2440013033477237104.post-29525964846633931362016-01-10T02:38:38.548-08:002016-01-10T02:38:38.548-08:00Thank you, Major! I could not get enough of "...Thank you, Major! I could not get enough of "America The Beautiful" when it returned to DL. I went to see it over and over! I bet Disney has copies of the "Tour of the American West" film. I'm guessing that there probably isn't very much film-wise that is "lost" when it comes to Disney. I do remember being told by several cast members during the special return engagement of "America The Beautiful", that the copies they were running were all struck from the original negatives and that if any one of the nine reels were to break, they would just go back to showing "American Journeys" because the originals were too delicate to go back and strike another copy from. With everything being digitally transferred now, I don't think that would be a problem today.<br /><br />I always thought that the Carthay Circle Theater in DCA would have been a perfect place to show "America The Beautiful" because the original theater in Los Angeles actually had a round theater auditorium. Plus, it would have been a nice tribute to Walt Disney, who pioneered the 360 degree filming process. Oh well, I guess they thought that the struggling DCA needed another restaurant rather than an actual attraction. I hope it is making a lot of money for them. Personally, I have never eaten there and I don't have any plans to do so in the near future.TokyoMagic!https://www.blogger.com/profile/16340756514811789233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2440013033477237104.post-5494955079596961042016-01-09T11:47:40.654-08:002016-01-09T11:47:40.654-08:00Nice post! I really wish I had gone to the park wh...Nice post! I really wish I had gone to the park when the 1967 (or 1976) version of "America the Beautiful" returned to the park. I love that whole experience so much. I wonder if the various reels for the very early "Tour of the American West" Circlevision film still exist? Imagine how cool it would be to view a 60 year-old look at places like Las Vegas. Major Pepperidgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09843598326995116014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2440013033477237104.post-46581134841134445182016-01-08T12:38:14.009-08:002016-01-08T12:38:14.009-08:00Thanks, Ken! The video here was the 1967 version....Thanks, Ken! The video here was the 1967 version. Although technically, it might be a 1976 version. I was told a while back that in 1976 a couple very minor "tweaks" were made to the 1967 film. Now I can't remember what those changes or additions were, but I'm hoping someone out there will know (Mike Cozart????) and will be able to give us some more info on the subject! :-)TokyoMagic!https://www.blogger.com/profile/16340756514811789233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2440013033477237104.post-13085139771706791982016-01-08T12:26:37.747-08:002016-01-08T12:26:37.747-08:00TokyoMagic!, Just watching both videos brought ba...TokyoMagic!, Just watching both videos brought back lots of memories. So was the video you presented here the 1967 version of America the Beautiful or earlier?K. Martinezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03960970051790617367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2440013033477237104.post-65082018481550780082016-01-08T08:24:25.086-08:002016-01-08T08:24:25.086-08:00Great article today! Definitely interested in your...Great article today! Definitely interested in your footage of American Journeys. This was one of my favorite exhibits which existed both in the original Tomorrowland and Tomorrowland 1967. I suppose Soarin' is today's answer to this exhibit. The construction pic really brings home that at Disneyland it's all an illusion. Thanks, TM!K. Martinezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03960970051790617367noreply@blogger.com