Disneyland '59

Disneyland '59

90 mins | Documentary | June 15, 1959

Walt Disney and Art Linkletter co-host a live celebration of Disneyland's 1959 expansion that consisted of the debuts of Matterhorn Bobsleds, the Disneyland-Alweg Monorail, and the Submarine Voyage, a project so massive that it was called "The Second Opening of Disneyland". Highlights include a mammoth, star-studded parade and the official launching of the Disneyland submarines by U.S. Navy officers. Among the guests are then-Vice-President Richard Nixon and family, Clint Eastwood, and Meredith Willson, who leads the Disneyland band in his own "76 Trombones." Sponsored by Kodak, the commercial spokespersons include Ozzie and Harriet Nelson.

Disneyland '59

90 mins | Documentary | June 15, 1959

Disneyland '59
Walt Disney and Art Linkletter co-host a live celebration of Disneyland's 1959 expansion that consisted of the debuts of Matterhorn Bobsleds, the Disneyland-Alweg Monorail, and the Submarine Voyage, a project so massive that it was called "The Second Opening of Disneyland". Highlights include a mammoth, star-studded parade and the official launching of the Disneyland submarines by U.S. Navy officers. Among the guests are then-Vice-President Richard Nixon and family, Clint Eastwood, and Meredith Willson, who leads the Disneyland band in his own "76 Trombones." Sponsored by Kodak, the commercial spokespersons include Ozzie and Harriet Nelson.
Producers Walt Disney Productions, Buena Vista Home Entertainment, ABC Studios
Original title Disneyland '59
Directors Marjorie Rotunda, Herb Rissman, Marshall Diskin, Hamilton Luske
Writers Larry Clemmons

Cast

Eddie Albert

as Self

Danny Alguire

as Self

Rex Allen

as Self

Edgar Bergen

as Self

Frances Bergen

as Self

Wally Boag

as Self

Henry Calvin

as Self

Richard Crenna

as Self

Robert Cummings

as Self

Walt Disney

as Self

Richard Eastham

as Self

Clint Eastwood

as Self

Mary Elliott

as Self

June Haver

as Self

Harvey Hickman

as Self

Dennis Hopper

as Self

Hedda Hopper

as Self

Jeffrey Hunter

as Self

Ward Kimball

as Self

Tommy Kirk

as Self

Art Linkletter

as Self

June Lockhart

as Self

Robert Loggia

as Self

Fred MacMurray

as Self

Paul Maxey

as Self

Irish McCalla

as Self

Darren McGavin

as Self

Julia Meade

as Self

Joanna Miller

as Self

Marvin Miller

as Self

J. Carrol Naish

as Self

David Nelson

as Self

Ozzie Nelson

as Self

Ricky Nelson

as Self

Stuart Nelson

as Self

Julie Nixon

as Self

Richard Nixon

as Self

Tricia Nixon Cox

as Self (as Tricia Nixon)

Zasu Pitts

as Self

George Probert

as Self

Jon Provost

as Self

George Putnam

as Self

Hugh Reilly

as Self

Roy Roberts

as Self

John Russell

as Self

Gene Sheldon

as Bernardo

Ed Sullivan

as Self

Frank Thomas

as Self

Tom Tryon

as John Slaughter

Vesey Walker

as Self

Lawrence Welk

as Self

Guy Williams

as Zorro

Chill Wills

as Self

Harriet Nelson

as Self