Disney World 1975 from 16mm

[@ronaldstarr7001]

I was 5 in 1975...We went to Tampa Busch Gardens and WDW...it was my first vacation and airplane trip, I remember like it was yesterday. we stayed at Innisbrook resort. Elvis Presley had just finished his engagement in Las Vegas and was resting at Inmisbrook right across the hall from our unit in April 75...he then went on tour across Florida a week at 2 later. this was our Easter/Spring Break 1975...and we also met Col. Sanders at the Tampa airport. So many memories of this trip. The footage put me right back there. everything seemed so ultra modern then.

[@rickm.2956]

My first visit there was 1975. We had no idea the monorail entered the lobby of the Contemporary! It was an amazing visit.

[@timtim36457]

extraordinary images from this long gone era....incredible photography....incredibly clear imagery...very rare stuff here..a total gem! a total gem captured on film by someone with an eye and talent for film making and history...thank you..just stunning!

[@pmhmltn]

Thank you.

[@subhuman31]

I totally agree. This is a rare gem.

[@nbaoldgirl]

Well said

[@brianolson6366]

Mind blowing clarity for 1975. So cool.

[@kevinmckechnie456]

This is amazing! I was working in the parking lot at WDW in 1975. Nice to have some of the holes in my memory of that time filled in!

[@pmhmltn]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@abril417]

One of my earliest memories is riding the monorail into the Contemporary. I still love doing that!

[@veromikes]

Crazy to see people swimming in the lake! Such a magical video!

[@jerseyforhawks]

The proximity and interaction with beach front is no more, what a change.

[@andilynn2539]

Brings back great memories!!

[@King_Colombia_Inc]

On May 25, 1975, Elton John released Captain Fantastic. On June 20, 1975, Jaws was released. On July 4, 1975, America turned 200. On October 4, 1975, Elton John released Rock of the Westies. On October 5, 1975, My wonderful friend Monica Rial was born. On October 25, 1975, Elton performed at Dodgers Stadium. Incredible things happened in 1975.

[@CampeonMarinero]

This is the best time travel ever !

[@matthewcole4753]

This footage could be worthy of being used to advertise the MK in the 70's.

[@MeMyselfAndUs903]

Good videography and editing. Thank you for posting. I particularly like seeing the clothing styles from back the then.

[@GospelTestimony]

I was here as a 5 year old in 1975. Incredible to see how different life was then, and most people I have asked would go back to the world that was then, over what it has become today.

[@JohnnyT002]

Yes it was great back then, and when Epcot opened since we had 3 day tickets and where able go back and forth to both parks.

[@SteveDave211]

Yep The Turbulent Decade from 1965 to 195. Such a neasy time in the USA

[@Dragonrider1227]

This might be some of the best vintage footage I’ve ever seen

[@rongendron8705]

I was 29 then & visited Disney World in 1975, with my wife & 3 year old daughter, who was born 10/01/71, the very day that Disney World opened! Then, they charged only $3.00 general admission or $7.95 for a book of tickets, which allowed a person to ride every ride in the park! This film was beautifully clear, but didn't show enough of the park's separate "Lands", to properly gauge the majestic enormity of Disney World!

[@pmhmltn]

Very nostalgic!

[@peterlanglois65]

So cool to see all the things that used to exist and see things that still exist. All the cheesy/scary oversized heads in the parade, people actually swimming in Bay Lake, and Treasure Island. Great video, thank you for sharing.

[@pmhmltn]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@MrSkott16]

WOW! What a great transfer! The resolution is awesome! I was 4 back then and I remember it like it was yesterday. I miss the days of the performers that actually sing. No lip syncing back then... lol Thank you for sharing!!

[@pmhmltn]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@nbaoldgirl]

Thank you for this! I am in awe. My mom was 14 when this footage was taken. Just seeing the world back then, so vividly, as if from her eyes; it makes me feel close to her. 🥰 Thank you Miss Hamilton 💕💕

[@CherryFrog321]

Same here, my mom was 13 and my dad was 14. And they both grew up in Orlando and got to go to Disney a lot. I always look for them in these old videos hoping that I might spot them in the crowds!

[@ejud2001]

Wow! Not only the clearest sharpest video ever (and for the time, unbelievable!) but the shooter knew what he was doing too! And... Treasure Island??? Never knew!!! Great job! Thanks for sharing!

[@Tepig-ge7sl]

Treasure island was abandoned for many years because for its closure and of course, the vultures.

[@dwayitis]

Fabulous video and for me it was a blast to the past.. you see, I too went to Disney World during the Bicentennial Celebration and remember “America on Parade” as one of disney best efforts back in the day. To think the Magic Kingdom Park was only opened 4 and a half years. I too went to Treasure Island and played in that same shipwrecked boat on the shore facing Fort Wilderness. Gosh. The memories. Thank you for posting this.

[@pmhmltn]

You're welcome! It was so fun re-living it! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@stevealkire7626]

*We took a train from the northeast down to Florida a year earlier, I was a few years older than the boy in this film. A memorable trip indeed, my first and only to WDW. Thanks for posting this!*

[@pmhmltn]

Very cool!

[@bunberrier]

Was looking for myself in the background... coulda been! This was the year my parents bought us here. Thanks so much for sharing!

[@pmhmltn]

You are so welcome!

[@olddisneylandtickets]

That was simply wonderful... WOW do the colors pop! It's so clear and captured so well you can almost feel the humidity! Thank you for posting this.

[@SonsOfTheDesert]

This was simply great. Oh, how the whole place has changed in so many ways.

[@wandasewell4501]

So many memories. I love watching!

[@bostrickland4970]

Incredible footage thank you for down loading this My first visit to the magic Kingdom Walt Disney World in Orlando Florida was in 1975 so this really hits home for me amazing footage such clarity in the photography thanks again Love the Bicentennial parade 1975/ 1976 Red white and blue

[@pmhmltn]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@johnleaman9899]

After viewing video again, I was struck by how many things were done back then that could never happen now because of liability

[@ccharles33]

Mickey and goofy not being tethered to the float with no railing was shocking lol. And the pilgrim float with the guy in the stocks and the woman being tortured for being a witch was crazy too

[@JohnnyT002]

My first time was in 1972 . We spent the whole day there. It wasn't really crowed and we didn't wait long to get on the rides.

[@tombalaam9536]

Wonderful film and a fabulous era to be part of. I particularly remember the fashion for ladies to wear bandanas in a triangle over their hair, tied at the back! Who else remembers that look? Did you wear them Phyllis?

[@pmhmltn]

Thank you! And yes, I did wear those bandanas some of the time. On a trip, though, it took extra time to fix.

[@FactsASMR1]

My friend Dana took a road trip to Disney in 1975 aged 19. She drove from Philadelphia down to Disney with a large group in a number of cars and it was a horrendous journey as people fought a lot and the long car ride in general was tough, never mind people bickering. Never again she said, never.

[@garypranzo9334]

first time was 1977. This brings back a lot.

[@Rockulaproductions]

Oh look....train cars operating in close proximity to people. Notice that the people are staying out of the way of the trains because they have common sense and aren't on their phones? I looked this up because I was 7 in 1975 and this was the year my family went THanks for posting

[@MusicforMe123]

Times were different back then, the world is a different place now.

[@a.e.7988]

Things should have stayed that way!!!😢

[@leonardhughes4521]

Last time I was in this contemporary hotel on the monorail dad was still around.I was 41 than early July 2006.

[@BarrySmith70]

I was there for the first time in December 1974 and I was 4 years old! This is probably what I saw!

[@brianolson7820]

It almost looks like HD from 1975

[@pmhmltn]

It was filmed in 16 mm movie film by a Beaulieu movie camera. That film, when digitized becomes 1080 HD. It was a very expensive camera for a regular consumer to have. Hollywood was using it to film some of its movies. Luckily, there are people who have the machines to turn 16mm into digital form.

[@widescreennavel]

@@pmhmltn AMAZING!! Thank you for posting this. I want a time machine now, want to go back to the days of red white and blue visors and halter tops!!! Peace!

[@keyman6689]

The difference between this and the typical Super 8 is stunning!

[@johnleaman9899]

I was there then, as a cast member. From Orlando, Fl. 🎢🚂🎸🥁🪕🎪

[@pmhmltn]

Wow! How fun!

[@beauf2]

Starting at 1:52 the sign on the Jungle Cruise looks as if it was put in digitally? Amazing video and clarity and thanks for explaining in other comments how.

[@jerseyforhawks]

Great quality. I am not a Main Street Parade person, but the artistry demonstrated was exceptional.

[@pmhmltn]

Thank you! That was my Husband's skill!

[@privatename5788]

Amazingly clear footage, and I love that it's stabilized. This is just brilliant. My only complaint is that you took you kid to the Magic Kingdom, then made him hang out only on Main Street and Liberty Square, the two most boring parts of the park! Oh, and Jungle Cruise, can't forget that. I believe that Disney could recreate every year of the Jungle Cruise's existence just using old footage, because EVERYONE filmed it. I especially appreciate the footage of Treasure Island. I never got to experience that one, and am always glad to see it. Thanks for sharing this!

[@ChatGPT1111]

Just think that kid is now a 55 year old grandpa!

[@lisakobarandaspastickraut714]

I waa 7 years old at this time. I miss 1975!

[@rolandwalker327]

Nice film, glad you got great stuff of Discovery Island and pre-Thunder Mountain /Splash Mountain Frontierland. I was about 17 in '75 when we went down. I can remember some of that trip. Incredible image stabilization in post. Did you do the conversion? What software did you use?

[@pmhmltn]

I had a local professional do the conversion. It's wonderful the way that original 16 mm converts to digital 1080p! My husband used a Beaulieu, high-quality French movie camera, for the original filming..

[@leonardhughes4521]

This was my first time there in my lifespan I was ten at the time.I think people were just being charged per attraction instead of the way it is now the whole economic picture was different back than.

[@stephenr3910]

That was the first year we visited.

[@sandrap.6530]

Was a young child when I was here right around same time. The only vivid memory was watching a character in the parade get run over by a float. She had a gigantic fiber glass head & she was walking & waving to crowd too slow. Disney security picked her up & wisked her away without even taking her head off - too many kids watching. To this day I wonder if she was ok

[@pmhmltn]

That sounds gruesome!

[@tom_reagan]

This footage and quality is outstanding! Did you use a stabilizer application of some sort? I can see the sides are shaky, but the recorded image is perfectly still. I didn’t even know such a thing existed!

[@davidnunez8599]

Really lovely. What time of the year was this taken?

[@pmhmltn]

It was in the summer!

[@remyd8767]

This was a world before the personal computer. Think about that.

[@blanenoel4231]

With my Dad and Mom! And 2 sisters fun fun but me didn’t feel well! Put still had tons Fun ! You know F1 style races my Tacos!

[@uncanny_ally]

Aaaand the parade features the Salem Witch Trials. Malleus Maleficarum anyone? Not bashing...just different time (also I'm Canadian). Only visited WDW 5 times by 1975 (my count now is approaching triple digits).

[@uncanny_ally]

Also, my family photos from the parade at that time then were kind of terrifying. Over-sized dolls that were a bicentennial, I believe. Again, I'm not American.

[@scottmcv994]

Fantastic! Thanks for posting. Who shot this footage?

[@pmhmltn]

My late husband shot the footage! The camera was bulky, but he didn’t mind. He was so happy years later when the high def video cameras came out, and then the 4-K on the iphones.

[@scottmcveigh8838]

@@pmhmltn Sorry for your loss, thanks for posting so we can enjoy his creation.

[@keyman6689]

For me, it was Disneyland living in SoCal. But I vividly remember America on Parade at that time. I was 7. With those heads it was larger than life. Pretty cool as a kid. Now it seems a little creepy. Especially the kid in the stocks. And what's with the girl dangling above a pot of boiling water? Or whatever that was!

[@ナディアチャンネル-u1v]

4:11

[@planetfabulous5833]

It's weird seeing WDW with no overly large people walking about.

[@robertsandybeach9990]

I saw this parade, those big head costumes were kind of creepy..but a great memory..

[@danielboone3770]

Wish I was at WDW in 1975 as a child too - at the age of 4 if you will.

[@MichaelHansenFUN]

3:48 is that still open?

[@machirim2805]

Disney still operates those double-deckers around Magic Kingdom, but I haven’t seen them for the longest time.

[@W92-o9z]

Difficilmente non trovo che sia una registrazione fatta nel 1975 sono combattuto. Forse può essere del 1996 la registrazione

[@blanenoel4231]

Pha! Sick threw up on this ride! Yeah ! National Life Insurance Company! Bling!

[@xkini07]

Notice there were no fat people then. The crowd was moderate and not shoulder to shoulder. Your photography is excellent.

[@PalmBeachDog]

Ahhh. The days before yoga pants and plastic shoes.

[@pmhmltn]

Yes!

[@danielboone3770]

I mean age 1.

[@Richie107]

Before Disney went Gay and Woke.. Those were definitely the good days which I lived through.. I miss the old original Disney

[@alkraus8818]

Patriotic Parade replaced with Pride...you, know those hard charging warriors that will defend the Homeland from Evil...NOT!!!

[@mrk1075]

4:11 thru 7:27 Feel sorry for the kids that came this far to see this boring show. Kids are like: “Give Me Back My Tuppence!”

[@ChatGPT1111]

You think that's bad, try reading one of your own comments 😂