Topic 302: Disneyland Handcrafted

About this episode

The episode explores the handcrafted construction of Disneyland, highlighting the efforts of workers and the insights from Leslie Iwerks and the Disney Archives.

Big Thunder Topic from Trammin' Episode 302 Rome wasn't built in a day, but Disneyland was built in a year. Crafted by hand, it was put together by hard workers, under crazy circumstances, and questionable conditions. An outlandish dream became a reality, and it was all caught on film. For the first time, we can lay our eyes on a new perspective of how Disneyland was handcrafted, fake brick by fake brick thanks to Leslie Iwerks and the Disney Archives. Let's pick apart this process and watch ...

People in this episode

Hosts: Christian Rainwater, Kirk Bagdasarian

Topics covered

• Disneyland history
• handcrafted construction
• Big Thunder Mountain
• Disney Archives
• Leslie Iwerks

Keywords

• Disneyland
• handcrafted
• construction
• Big Thunder
• Leslie Iwerks
• Disney Archives
• history

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Disney Archives

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