ABC At Disneyland Opening Day…29 Cameras

On January 20, 2014 - TV History

Exclusive Video Coming Tomorrow!

14 minutes of ABC film showing the preparations to broadcast the opening of Disneyland with 29 cameras, July 17, 1955. Here are some screen shots of what’s coming!








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10 Comments

  1. Mary Rita Smith Shull January 21, 2014

    My father, George Smith, was president of NABET back then.

  2. Mark Yannitell January 20, 2014

    Just wanted to comment to say how much I enjoy your posts, sir.

  3. John Roger Bolin January 20, 2014

    It looks like ABC had to pull together all of the extra cameras they had to do this coverage. I see ABC, KABC and WABC cameras in the pictures. I own the DVD of this broadcast. It was quite an achievement considering how they had to do it. Art Linkletter was the anchor and July 17, 1955 was his 43rd birthday. The two other co-hosts were Bob Cummings and Ronald Reagan. Art came back to host the 50th anniversary of Disneyland on his 93rd birthday. You can see photos of that event on the Chuck Pharis web site.

  4. Mark Vidonic January 20, 2014

    Never mind, just saw the earlier post.

  5. Mark Vidonic January 20, 2014

    And I’m really looking forward to seeing this.

  6. Mark Vidonic January 20, 2014

    Bob, how many trucks? Did they have 4 or 5 handling different areas then one acted as a central control room?

  7. Ivan Suplee White January 20, 2014

    Interesting!

  8. Mike Newell January 20, 2014

    I can’t wait for this!!

  9. Bobby Reyes January 20, 2014

    …these are absolutely great photos ! ! ..thank you EOAG ! !

  10. Bob Huntsman January 20, 2014

    My father was the TD on that show. (Harold Huntsman).