Disney History Institute Podcast

The story of Disneyland's first Christmas.

Direct download: DHI_033_-_First_Christmas_at_Disneyland.m4a
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In 1960, when two ex-Disneyland designers tried to develop a massive theme park just east of Disneyland, local ministers and rabbis attempted to shut them down.

Direct download: DHI_032_-_Bible_Storyland_Fiasco.m4a
Category:general -- posted at: 12:03am PDT

The making of Snow White--from the perspective of lead Disney animator, Ward Kimball.

Direct download: DHI_031_Ward_Kimball_and_Snow_White_FINAL.m4a
Category:general -- posted at: 5:30pm PDT

<< Part Three >>
August 6, 1970 – One of the most famous days in the history of Disneyland, the day the Yippie Movement invaded the park. The ideals of post-war conformity and consumerism set against the activism of America’s counterculture. With concerns of guest safety, Disneyland management turned park security over to the Anaheim Police Department who dispatched 150 officers in full riot gear onto Main Street.

Direct download: DHI_030_-_Yippie_Invastion_Part_3.m4a
Category:general -- posted at: 1:27pm PDT

<< Part Two >>
August 6, 1970 – One of the most famous days in the history of Disneyland, the day the Yippie Movement invaded the park. The ideals of post-war conformity and consumerism set against the activism of America’s counterculture. With concerns of guest safety, Disneyland management turned park security over to the Anaheim Police Department who dispatched 150 officers in full riot gear onto Main Street.

Direct download: DHI_029_-_Yippie_Invastion_Part_Two.m4a
Category:general -- posted at: 10:57pm PDT

August 6, 1970 – One of the most famous days in the history of Disneyland, the day the Yippie Movement invaded the park. The ideals of post-war conformity and consumerism set against the activism of America’s counterculture. With concerns of guest safety, Disneyland management turned park security over to the Anaheim Police Department who dispatched 150 officers in full riot gear onto Main Street.

Direct download: DHI_028_-_Yippie_Invasion_of_Disneyland_Part_1.m4a
Category:general -- posted at: 10:57pm PDT

The History of It's A Small World.  // Part Three: California and Beyond.

Direct download: DHI_027_-_Small_World_Part_Three.m4a
Category:general -- posted at: 5:02pm PDT

The History of It's A Small World.  // Part Two: The Music and the Fair.

Direct download: DHI_026_-_Small_World_Part_Two.m4a
Category:general -- posted at: 5:01pm PDT

The History of It's A Small World.  // Part One: The Designers.

Direct download: DHI_025_-_History_of_Small_World.m4a
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In 1955, there was only one female designer who walked the site each week with Walt while Disneyland was being built.  Her name, Ruth Shellhorn, a landscape architect who designed large sections of the park.  On this episode of the DHI Podcast, her story.

Direct download: DHI_024_Ruth_Shellhorn_FINAL.m4a
Category:general -- posted at: 9:46pm PDT

In 1959, Walt Disney made a handshake agreement to build a second Disneyland in Florida--not in Orlando but in Palm Beach Gardens, an hour north of Miami.

Direct download: DHI_023_-_Palm_Beach_Gardens_Part_Two.m4a
Category:general -- posted at: 11:02am PDT

In 1959, Walt Disney made a handshake agreement to build a second Disneyland in Florida--not in Orlando but in Palm Beach Gardens, an hour north of Miami.

Direct download: DHI_022_Palm_Beach_Gardens_Part_One.m4a
Category:general -- posted at: 10:41pm PDT

The Mystery of Bob Mattey's Missing Window

Direct download: DHI_021_Missing_Windows_of_Main_Street_Part_Two.m4a
Category:general -- posted at: 10:17am PDT

The story of Nat Winecoff's missing window.

Direct download: DHI_020_Missing_Windows_of_Main_Street_Part_1.m4a
Category:general -- posted at: 5:21pm PDT

DHI 019 - The Mysterious CV Wood and the Origins of Disneyland

The first chapter from THREE YEARS IN WONDERLAND that introduces the most mysterious man in the history of Disneyland.

 

Direct download: DHI_019_CV_Wood.m4a
Category:general -- posted at: 2:53pm PDT

In the 1980s, Disney designed a massive entertainment complex and studio tour for Burbank...but never built it. 

Direct download: DHI_Disney_Backlot_Part_4_FINAL.m4a
Category:general -- posted at: 6:36pm PDT

In the 1980s, Disney designed a massive entertainment complex and studio tour for Burbank...but never built it. 

Direct download: DHI_Special_Backlot_part_3.m4a
Category:general -- posted at: 5:54pm PDT

The story of how Disneyland's first advertising manager transformed the amusements industry forever.

Direct download: DHI_018_-_The_Jack_Lindquist_Story.m4a
Category:general -- posted at: 4:47pm PDT

In the 1980s, Disney designed a massive entertainment complex and studio tour for Burbank...but never built it. 

Direct download: DHI_Special_-_Backlot_2_FINAL.m4a
Category:general -- posted at: 11:37pm PDT

The story of a massive entertainment complex that Disney designed for Burbank but never built.

Direct download: DHI_Special_-_Backlot_Part_1.m4a
Category:general -- posted at: 5:01pm PDT

1955 - To premiere his park, Walt Disney arranged for Disneyland’s grand opening to be broadcast on live TV—a show called “Dateline: Disneyland.” On the DHI Podcast, the never-before-told story of how this historic telecast nearly fell apart at the last minute.

Direct download: DHI_017_Dateline_Disneyland_Final_1.m4a
Category:general -- posted at: 11:03am PDT

Two stories from Frontierland: First, is the Golden Horseshoe Saloon a re-creation of the saloon in the western film Calamity Jane or a re-creation of the most famous burlesque girlie club in the world?  Then, the story of a boat that Walt originally wanted to build for his Disneyland river, a boat that never made it off the drawing board.

Direct download: DHI_016_-_Secrets_of_Frontierland.m4a
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In this podcast three things: Star Wars Land, a section of Disneyland that Walt created but never built, and the Frontierland that never was.

Direct download: DHI_015_The_Frontierland_That_Never_Was.m4a
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The story of the first female Imagineer - with Bob Gurr, Rolly Crump and Blaine Gibson.

Direct download: DHI_013_-_Harriet_Burns.m4a
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The story of Walt Disney's participation in the 1966 Rose Parade in Pasadena--the start of his final year.

Direct download: DHI_013_Walts_Last_New_Years_-_1966.m4a
Category:general -- posted at: 1:00am PDT

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