Comments on: Disneyland Kodachrome c.1956

By: JR

JR — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 02:55:35 +0000

I do believe that all cinema cameras from that time period were shaped like that. But yeah, it does look like Mickey’s ears :)

By: La Brea

La Brea — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:09:59 +0000

Whoa, it doesn’t even look like the same place today. Hardly any trees back then. I always
thought the jungle cruse was lame but I guess it was probably fun in 1956.

By: Classics Patriot

Classics Patriot — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:25:05 +0000

It’s “glib” to call Disney’s wholesome entertainment creepy brainwashing? Nice world you live in there, Phony.

By: Hollywood Phony

Hollywood Phony — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 23:33:57 +0000

hey classics patriot,
who’s the bigger idiot? the idiot who throws out some glib, off-the-cuff remark that takes a cheap shot over something completely irrelevant to the interesting bit of history we’re all enjoying or the idiot who feels the need to spend his time attacking the previous idiots for their point of view while attempting to indoctrinate the rest of us in his equally stupid and simplistic demagogy? If this is how you’re ‘fighting’ to ‘take back your country’, good luck with that. and yes, I understand that the biggest idiot of all is the one wasting his own time bothering to point out to people like yourself how pointless and stupid your little girl whining is, but that’s the internet for ya.

By: Classics Patriot

Classics Patriot — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:32:21 +0000

Matt,

You’re an idiot.

singingwater,

You, too.

dave from london,

Didn’t the Angles, Saxons, and Jutes also practice “mass genocide on the indigenous population”? Your “education” has, as Ken ably points out, both brainwashed you and deprived you of the ability to think critically. Human history is full of stories of Group A invading Group B’s land; the victor was the one who was able to exercise control over that land and whoever remained on it.

Colby, Ken,

Thank you for the breath of fresh air. I’d just add that the word “racism” is, like the idea itself, a 20th-century construct, and not a very useful one at that.

Ken, right on the nose: in today’s topsy-turvy world, it is not allowed to look at the past and see the good about it. The past must be denigrated for all its faults and shortcomings, almost all of which are due to the modern liberal ideology that requires the past to be “bad” because it was “divisive” or “non-inclusive” or “racist” or “sexist” or otherwise incompatible with that ideology. Poppycock!

Finally, to my comments on the post: love the images. Love the feel of Kodachrome. Love what Disneyland represents. Hate that we’ve lost so much of what is clearly visible in this footage. Hope that we can fight to take our country back from the ideology that’s destroying it.

By: Teri

Teri — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 12:23:27 +0000

Entrance into Knott’s Berry Farm was actually free for many years.

By: MIna

MIna — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:51:00 +0000

Knott’s was what you remember because it was more fun and easier to achieve.
We were able to go there as young adolescents because our parents could actually afford the tix, I still have fond memories of the Dinosaur Ride…

By: Rafael T

Rafael T — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 16:35:45 +0000

Beautiful, just awesome. I also noticed the lack of obese people. Also the lack of shorts and T-shirts. I always remember my early youth in Kodachrome. Disney was a fascinating man.

By: Leah

Leah — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 23:27:17 +0000

The feel of filmstock, the beauty and richness of the color, the relaxed rhythm is what I enjoy about this post! Thank you!

By: Ken

Ken — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 20:01:00 +0000

It’s really disappointing reading some of the comments here. People have been so brainwashed at the “public option” schools and the halls of higher learning (college) that they take every chance to bash America or deconstruct something as fun and wholesome as Disneyland from the 1950s. Instead of tearing down Walt’s dream, reflect a moment on how many people’s lives he touched or how many jobs he created.