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Model “T” Turns in High Performance for Hilarious Disney Motion Picture

With a gelatinous goo called Flubber, the alchemist in The Absent-Minded Professor transformed a Model "T" into a high-flying fantasy.

Horse, Motor Car Share Main Street, U.S.A.’s Thoroughfare

WED Enterprises, Walt's planning and designing firm, built the horse drawn streetcars by working from photographs of earlier authentic vehicles.

Herbie Joins The Mad Mad Race

The biggest names in racing, including Andy Granatelli, Max Balchowsky, Bob Bondurant, and Joe Playan, teamed up for the driving stunts in The Love Bug.

Autopia Car Built Special for Freeway of Future

Disney Legend Bob Gurr talks through the nuts and bolts of Disneyland's Autopia.

Walt Disney Brings in Treasure Island Actionful Saga of Fabulous Pirate Gold

Robert Louis Stevenson's classic adventure is now translated to the screen in color by Technicolor, with Bobby Driscoll, Robert Newton and Basil Sydney topping a great cast of characters.

Pirate Costume Aged Some 200 Years for Ustinov as Blackbeard’s Ghost

A pirate costume for hefty, bearded Peter Ustinov, who looms larger in the entertainment industry than his physical 270-pounds, was a problem beyond mere size.

Disney Producer Walsh Shows Approach to Comedy with Blackbeard’s Ghost

If a much sought after formula for successful motion pictures really exists, then Disney producer-writer Bill Walsh, whose current offering is Blackbeard's Ghost, has found it.

Videopolis

Fondly referred to as "The 100-Day Miracle" by Disneyland Management, Videopolis encapsulated the beat of the 80s and the birth of music videos.

Dance of the Hours

Fantasia's "Dance of The Hours" celebrates a great Italian opera with a ballet chorus of animals.

Burlesque Ballet Danced By Ostrich

"The Dance of the Hours" by Ponchielli, one of Fantasia's most famous segments, introduced an unlikely ostrich named Mlle Upanova to the world of ballet.

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