“Disneyland Handcrafted” Coming Soon To Disney+ & YouTube
During the “Creating The Happiest Place on Earth” panel at this weekend’s Destination D23 event in Walt Disney World, Disney has released a trailer for the upcoming documentary film, “Disneyland Handcrafted”, which will be coming to Disney+ and YouTube during the winter.
This documentary will offer fans an emotional glimpse into 70 years of memories that celebrate the legacy of the Disneyland Resort, while also looking forward to a great big, beautiful tomorrow at Disney Parks around the world.
Oscar and Emmy-nominated filmmaker Leslie Iwerks, who directed the hit documentary “The Imagineering Story”, returns with an all-new Disney documentary giving viewers an up-close look at the dedication, effort, and passion that were required to realise a dream that would go on to inspire millions around the world.
Check out the “Disneyland Handcrafted” trailer below:
This documentary will feature unique footage of the creation of the theme park that Leslie handpicked while going through the Walt Disney Archives, which depicts the thoughtfulness and care that were put into the development of Disneyland.
It provides an up-close, first-hand look at many of the artists, craftsmen, and Walt Disney Imagineers who were actually there during the construction of Disneyland amid tough conditions, so much of this footage has not seen the light of day…until now.
It was revealed that during production, Leslie was able to tour the Walt Disney Archives and track down binders full of film reels, discovering historical reels that had never been scanned before (including some raw 16mm footage that was never used for “Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color”). Having been stored in the vaults for years, Leslie and her dedicated team were able to produce high-resolution scans of every reel without a timecode, helping to restore beautiful, once-forgotten shots of the early days of Disneyland onto a hard drive through a revolutionary process that had never been tackled before.
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