Thursday, July 26, 2007

Tomorrow Land

Disney Treasures DVD set containing four ‘Tomorrow Land’ episodes of Walt’s 1950’s ABC program Disney Land. These particular programs are of an educational nature, combining animation, archival footage, and live-action demonstrations of future space travel and atomic energy usage. Surprisingly compelling, entertaining, and accurate even after all these years. The space shuttle program is predicted in one of these programs. The specials are hosted by Disney, Ward Kimball, Paul Frees and a handful of ex-Nazi scientists, including Warner van Braun. Also included are various special features such as an educational theatrical short, and Walt’s 1966 pitch for a highly ambitious EPCOT center (in its original form a sort of planed futuristic community) to members of Florida’s state government.

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