Operation Wonderland - Part 2

A behind the scenes look at the production of Walt Disney's Alice In Wonderland. In BLACK AND WHITE! OOH!
Some weird man wants to find out how production on Alice In Wonderland is going. We see him enter the studio and given a tour by Walt Disney himself.
Storyboards, music, line readings, Alice actress doing homework, live-action rehearsals, multiplane cameras, and Walt riding the Lilly Belle steam train all in one!

[@GeneralOlde]

Kathryn Beaumont is perfect as Alice. She's just so adorable, and her voice is so sweet and elegant! I really wish there were more clips of the live-action reference footage available for viewing. It's very fun to watch her act out the scenes with her co-stars.

[@ggt47]

GeneralOlde yes...

[@JoveJoved]

Modern feminism ensured that there will never be a proper young lady on the planet ever again.

[@wisdomwizard3620]

GeneralOlde ikr! I’m trying to compile all the clips of her I can find into one video!

[@derekllewellyn6663]

@Ronald Alexander Rolleston same place looks like new DVD releases review history books documentary about biography book club in movie part in class starts at Disney plus on Disney company and Disneyland Disney world series finale season start hollywood

[@Darkhawk501]

Makes you wonder why they didn’t just release a live version. It looks just as great as the animated

[@menaretrashexceptnamjoon1621]

I love how she actually says "how do you do?" like she IS the character not the voice she's amazing!

[@starshalackey4753]

You are so right!! I love your name by the way. 😂👏

[@nicolerossides3578]

My my, the actress sounds so elegant!

[@ggt47]

Nicole Rossides yes...

[@jonpowell4246]

Yes she does, cute kid too, almost felt like I was watching a live action version of the whole tea party scene watching her and Ed Winn play Alice and the mad hatter.

[@icepic21]

Now see, THIS is what would be called "Disney Magic". The fact that they took people acting out their scenes as they voiced their performances for visual reference, then transcribed the facial expressions, body language, and lines spoken into fluid animation. Add onto that using props to create the sound effects as well! Using a variety of techniques to bring real life to an animated feature clearly took imagination, ingenuity, and thinking outside the box. Truly, these were the golden days of disney animation, that even with the most modern advances in computer technology to animate albeit great entries such as Inside Out and Zootopia, they are still a far cry from what Walt Disney Studios put into their work to bring Disney Magic to life! Sorry if this sounds like elitist nostalgia, I just find myself awestruck by how much work they put into behind the scenes here!

[@binkyboy448]

I believe the same technique was used for "Rango", a relatively modern film.

[@spencerfrankclayton4348]

How is it "elitist" nostalgia??

[@АлексейГоровой-м8ж]

Don't apologize, you're saying the right thing. Disney used to have a soul, but now...

[@DHM91]

I can't even imagine how the animators were able to figure out how to time the frames per second perfectly with the voice acting and music. That is something I have always wondered about with animation.

[@Marbles471]

Knowing that there are 24 frames per second of motion picture film is what guides the timing. The soundtrack was broken down into individual frames on special animators' charts that were called exposure sheets, and the action was planned to match, making sure that key points lined up correctly with their place on the track.

[@laclaircountry09]

It's amazing how despite this film originally flopped at the box office, it is now seen as a big-name classic.

[@livingwithautism3789]

It’s amazing how despite this film originally flopped at the box office, it is now seen as a big-name classic.

[@allenjones3130]

"Pinocchio" and "Fantasia" weren't boxoffice successes either, and yet they are regarded as masterworks.

[@ayakotami3318]

Ed Wynn and Jerry Colonna. They're performances still make me grin and laugh. :) My favorite scene in the movie.

[@MsDisneylandlover]

i love her voice so proper

[@OlanR24]

Just seeing the voice-actors having the time of their lives acting their roles in person as the artists design the characters for the film makes me very happy, Kathryn especially, she was perfect for Alice!

[@livingwithautism3789]

Just seeing the voice-actors having the time of their lives acting their roles in person as the artists design the characters for

[@rachelchavez8146]

I can't imagine all the time and hard they put into this movie. It's truly amazing. I love this movie. No wonder in a timeless classic 🌹😍

[@jonpowell4246]

Little Kathryn must've had a really hard time trying not to laugh during each recording take because I know I would, those two guys are hilarious.

[@Magic3Star]

I love Ed Wynn! He's funny! XD

[@FantasmaLuna]

Kathryn Beaumont is just such a doll! She was the perfect Alice!

[@jonpowell4246]

"a doll" yes, the ideal way to describe her, a doll, very nicely put.

[@joyunicycle]

What a way to give the actors/models and the animators such a fun time! Not to mention, it's already so much fun to work with Ed Wynn!

[@conscience-commenter]

Fascinating footage of how much thought went into every aspect of that film . Absolutely legendary Disney magic .

[@FallenMonk55]

Voice actor for Alice is so adorable

[@pedcie]

that's a lot of hard work,sweat,and dedication walt did this for all of us.amazing,how things were done manually back then.

[@leoallan2225]

Ed Wynn, and Jerry Colonna are hilarious in this, and Kathryn was perfect as Alice, I just wish the scene was longer.

[@captaincardi.1633]

RIP walt disney

[@FlyToYourHeart1000]

sailorscoobygirl04 yes, Kathryn Beaumont voiced Alice and was her live-action model, just as she was for Wendy Darling.

[@Horenramon]

and a disney legend

[@marisaliu1531]

Many people compliment her voice, it does sound pretty good and elegant

[@MitchellTF]

I can NEVER see Alice without thinking of Kathryn Beaumont.

[@EllaLeeMiax3]

On my gosh, so much work for a single movie. This is just too cute and beautiful, I can't even.. Ugh love this omg.❤

[@jonpowell4246]

And they will never put the same effort into something so wonderous in order to accomplish so much ever again. Sad but true.

[@alaine93]

alice in wonderland is for sure my fav disney movie

[@kdg.2291]

" mustard, yes but....MUSTARD?!!?! my favorite part

[@WhiteBladeZero]

"No; let's be SILLY. ...Lemon, that's different, yes."

[@LogoMan7777]

@@WhiteBladeZero "Don't let's be silly" you mean

[@dominiquepilon5764]

2:02 MUSTARD dont let be silly lemon that different

[@kdg.2291]

@@dominiquepilon5764 🤣🤣

[@PCCphoenix]

At 2:06, Wynn actually tossed the jar over his shoulder and broke it!

[@miclazy-5m]

and no one cares tht mr disney rides around on tht little train :D

[@badkluster]

He ran out of fucks to give long ago

[@marisaliu1531]

But how come there's a mini train? And can even transport with it and just sit on it? Cool, that would be fun

[@kaitlynreynolds5192]

If I had one of those, I'd spend hours just riding it.

[@brandonwatson1993]

love that Ed Wynn. I always do his impression

[@MsDisneylandlover]

She was so proper loved her. N I loved her voice.

[@carleymouse]

Ed Wynn always makes me crack up :)

[@jonpowell4246]

I know, just watching do the mad hatter made me laugh so hard I thought I'd hurt myself 😆😆😆😆😆

[@Abelhawk]

Kathryn was so charming!

[@superjackster0165]

Kathryn Beaumont looks and sounds exactly like Alice

[@superstar4662]

...she VOICES Alice. and Alice is modeled after Kathryn...

[@superjackster0165]

+Crybaby Tears I know that. She also voiced and did the live performance of Wendy in Peter Pan a few years later

[@Guernicaman]

They use the voice audio & translate it into frames per second (24 on film). If you're dealing with dialogue or any music track, you can draw the action according to each vowel the character is speaking or the musical beats in the case of a pre-recorded music track. Usually the musical score (just like in live-action) is done afterwards, once the animation is finished. Animators figured this out thru trial & error, which is the key to any good artist's perfection of their craft.

[@livingwithautism3789]

They use the voice audio & translate it into frames per second (24 on film). If you’re dealing with dialogue or any

[@Magic3Star]

Seriously, what are you gonna do with a guy who likes to ride a train around his studio? :D

[@livingwithautism3789]

Seriously, what are you gonna do with a guy who likes to ride a train around his studio? :D

[@fernandomaciel471]

i love you Alice in Wonderland

[@lumoslissie]

She is like, Alice in person, and it's really scaring me. I can't stop rewatching her.

[@livingwithautism3789]

She is like, Alice in person, and it’s really scaring me. I can’t stop rewatching her.

[@MsDisneylandlover]

I missed disneyland so much

[@jordanmyles7248]

Walt Disney is amazing

[@IGUniverse]

I would be more than happy to watch a full live action like this. I Guess Will be Even better that the recently live actions.

[@livingwithautism3789]

I would be more than happy to watch a full live action like this. I Guess Will be Even better that the recently love actions.

[@AmandaChoin217]

They should have made a semi live action version with the original voice actors... I would have loved it!

[@naturelove4448]

how delightful!!!💙💜💙

[@sandycheeks7497]

The older generation think millennials have a weird attachment to Disney.... Speaking for myself and as a millennial I have to say it's true. Disney takes me to a time in my life when I had not a care in the world. I miss those days.

[@EggmanRobotnik]

We have time sheets for that. We calculate roughly how much time the action would take and write it down a time sheet. There's a lot of details on it like camera moves, BG, anim layers, SFX and sound/voice synchronizing. Everything is calculated before starting to animate because the timing and drawing count are very important to stay in-budget and have the wanted pace.

[@calloustud]

That was cool to see the real Alice!

[@wasabisushi404]

Damn, I'd like to know what else she was going to say about Algebra.

[@DHM91]

In the past few years I have been learning a great deal on film scoring and it's so funny to look back at this question I asked three years ago! Great explanation! I still think it is incredible what can be accomplished by the animators. The dialogue and musical numbers (songs) are pre-recorded, to be sure. The incidental score is what is recorded and added in afterwards. I am pretty sure you are aware of this, but I just wanted to make that distinction to anyone else who might be reading. :)

[@livingwithautism3789]

In the past few years I have been learning a great deal on film scoring and it’s so funny to look back at this question I asked

[@MegaAnimelover98]

i wish they still had movies like this today but now all you've got is good luck charlie and hannah montanna and other shows like that!! im only 12 and i still miss the older movies walt made. Now you dont really see alice and wonderland or bambie or even sleeping beauty!!! when i was little i used to watch ALL the old disney movies walt used to make and i miss them dearly!! now you get to see how disney has really advanced!

[@livingwithautism3789]

i wish they still had movies like this today but now all you’ve got is good luck charlie and hannah montanna and other shows like

[@SevenDeMagnus]

Kathryn Beaumont I love her. So kind and cute. Pioneer of the real life model for the anime face as well. God bless, Proverbs 31

[@livingwithautism3789]

Kathryn Beaumont I love her. So kind and cute. Pioneer of the real life model for the anime face as well. God bless, Proverbs 31

[@SevenDeMagnus]

@@livingwithautism3789 amazing insight. It's great anime faces was based on here. The first Manga and anime was Astro Boy, I wonder if Osamu the father of manga and anime based his first anime face as we know it from Mickey Mouse or Kathryn Beaumont. God bless her and us.

[@stewartshreenan8256]

I absolutely loved the film. My childhood was made up of dreams because of Alice in Wonderland. Sorry about my grammar earlier. Was a bit nervous. Disney is fantastic. The animators were unbelievably talented. Awe;; Wish I was that age again. The 🦋⚘

[@marisaliu1531]

I realized how come walt disney and the other person can sit on the mini train? Why is there a mini train? And they can transport with it by sitting on it? Cool, I wish I could

[@livingwithautism3789]

I realized how come walt disney and the other person can sit on the mini train? Why is there a mini train? And they can

[@oblongfan1]

actors were talented back then. not today

[@josephbonczyk3182]

I just talked to myself of an amazing feedback documentary and tutor for examples of how old school Disney animated films back then when Walt himself was around was made!

[@livingwithautism3789]

I just talked to myself of an amazing feedback documentary and tutor for examples of how old school Disney animated films

[@polyp663]

They do all things soo manually !so cool !!

[@alaine93]

i don't think it's messed up, although it's not the same without walt. disney still makes great movies and i still feel the magic that walt left behind

[@jasonleman1396]

made my day when a minute and a half in the original mad hatter tea party voices

[@livingwithautism3789]

made my day when a minute and a half in the original mad hatter tea party voices

[@Rumpio]

Fascinating! Who'd've known they had sets and costumes for a cartoon? :) The only Disney movie I ever liked. I had the film in a sort of graphic novel format as child - i assume it was part of a bigger book - does anyone know what this was? I'd love to find it again.

[@livingwithautism3789]

Fascinating! Who’d’ e known they had sets and costumes for a cartoon? :) The only Disney movie I ever liked. I had the film

[@dark666fairy666]

Beautiful...wonderful!!! Thanks. XOXO

[@greatbigbeautifulbob]

Laura.Edilma.777 for

[@louisemiller2774]

Excellent.......

[@MsDisneylandlover]

Loved this

[@Guernicaman]

Yup. Hence the word "usually". In a movie like Fantasia, (or any of the Silly Symphonies, for that matter) tho, the animation would be done in accordance to & around the music, much like the character voices, thus why I made the distinction.

[@dominiquepilon5764]

2:03 Mustard dont let be silly lemon that different

[@livingwithautism3789]

Mustard dont let be silly lemon that different

[@MsDisneylandlover]

Love the queen of hearts

[@LuxarMoon]

Haha 3:42 is funny xD

[@MsDisneylandlover]

She is so proper

[@JoshFreilich]

Would you happen to have the Fred Waring appearance?

[@Tiix3]

Do they still do these kinds of things for current animation? I doubt it.

I really admire how hard they use to try to improve always and inovate in their movies. Now whe watch the same bullshit, just with another name, at the cinema every week.

[@MsDisneylandlover]

I loved ed.

[@tarahj478]

Thanks for sharing

[@alainmarceux6817]

This what we call a true piece of art, rather than the recent ccg trash

[@livingwithautism3789]

This what we call a true piece of art, rather than the recent ccg trash

[@sarahdeardeuff3057]

I miss Walt Disney!!!! It's stupid that he is dead 💀 😰

[@livingwithautism3789]

I miss Walt Disney!!! It’s stupid that he is dead 💀 😰

[@TheAC29TheMagicalWorldofDisney]

@1RichardHunt I don't think that there are clues that Walt Disney died from a Heart Failure.

[@livingwithautism3789]

@1RichardHunt I don’t think that there are clues that Walt Disney died from a Heart Failure.

[@purpleharmony89]

Kathryn Beaumont!

[@marisaliu1531]

But how come it's black and white? Is it that old?

[@karlosx8]

1950s

[@marisaliu1531]

karlosx8 Oh It's that old It would be more interesting if Alice has color

[@bryanr8398]

it does now...on malaysia when I was little on 2013/2014

[@Jeyblox]

It was said in the video by Walt, "heres what youll see in the theatre, except of course with *Technicolor* ". 3:00 The movie was released in 1951 with colours.

[@DisneyFanatic2364]

They just had no color TV in the 50s and this behind the scenes footage was originally shown on TV, but of course they had the colors for the actual film. Disney was using color before Wizard of Oz.

[@Redneckkratos]

Does anyone know where u can find that version of March of Cards played at 3:40?

[@trentsoutlet4109]

THE MAKING OF THE LITTLE MOUSE

[@livingwithautism3789]

THE MAKING OF THE LITTLE MOUSE

[@MsDisneylandlover]

where is part one

[@airinmasauo770]

I think professor Jerry Kelowna

[@chocobo2743]

sound effects with real objects!

[@LuxarMoon]

3:40 and 3:44 i love this part’

[@TheAC29TheMagicalWorldofDisney]

@MysticZen and don't forget Pocahontas and The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

[@livingwithautism3789]

@MysticZen and don’t forget Pocahontas and The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

[@zarekarstudio]

did the girl play alice"s voice in the cartoon??????????

[@livingwithautism3789]

did the girl play alice”s voice in the cartoon??????

[@alanlloyd8642]

good video

[@KefkaJr]

Man, do they sell these storyboard drawings? 4:50

[@livingwithautism3789]

Man, do they sell these storyboard drawings? 4:50

[@WhiteBladeZero]

1:36 You're welcome. Have a Happy Unbirthday. XP

[@livingwithautism3789]

You’re welcome. Have a Happy Unbirthay. XP

[@meganmartinez4267]

that's impressive

[@dyn6sty]

@MysticZen And not to forget the Lady and the Tramp.

[@yourallbrainwashed]

@ 3:39 the original MC Hammer

[@livingwithautism3789]

@ 3:39 the original MC Hammer

[@faithtrustndust]

algebra IS worse than that jabberwocky poem =)

[@rasdan1192]

Back then, motion capture was nonexistent...

[@kcsnipes80]

fav

[@Ashes2Ashes_Blush2Blush]

Now Disney owns everything...it isnt this magical anymore. :(

[@Luisofbrazil]

@MysticZen and don't forget Aladdin

[@spencerfrankclayton4348]

More talent was used/required back then.

[@buddyboy80]

Cuz that's totally what I said.

[@DHM91]

Sorry, sir.

[@MsDisneylandlover]

#DisneyDiva

[@ScareFearTerror]

[@christosvoskresye]

Thanks, Greggo. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have known Disney was responsible for WW2. So are you saying this is part of a Jewish conspiracy?

[@captmarvelhero2342]

1:04 1:07

[@Redneckkratos]

Ok yeah that was a little too far sorry

[@whyshouldinameit7469]

As an adult I see what it's about. Alice in wonderland is definitely about drugs. Don't do drugs. Don't eat or drink or fume anything other people you just met give you... You might have a good time for a second but it will soon turn to a nightmare and you might not be able to wake up if you're not extremely lucky...

[@korkrew]

+why should i name it? genius

[@tsnrccpp2957]

why should i name it? id say it's about puberty

[@NextHitchcock15]

Stop spreading misinformation about psychedelic drugs, you spam account!

[@mad_as_Hat.terish]

IT'S NOT ABOUT DRUGS! FOR HATTER'S SAKE! WILL ADULTS STOP SAYING THAT

[@x-fun3149]

Alice in Wonderland is about unregulated curiosity and the trouble it brings