1964 New York World\'s Fair It\'s a Small World Walt Disney Pepsi ARCHIVE Storybds
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1964 New York World\'s Fair It\'s a Small World Walt Disney Pepsi ARCHIVE Storybds:
$1964.00
1964 New York World\'s Fair It\'s a Small World Walt Disney Pepsi ARCHIVE Storybds Product Description
\"SATURDAY\'S TOYS Presents...\"a one-of-a-kind vintage archive from the Dedication of \"It\'s a Small World\" at the 1964 New York World\'s Fair.
This remarkable archive features original unpublished photos, inter-office memos, budgets, book, pamphlets, employee records and fascinating details behind the world\'s first glimpse of Walt Disney\'s \"It\'s a Small World\"... as hostedfor the New York World\'s Fair at the Pepsi Pavilion on behalf of UNICEF and the children of the world.
Features over two dozen separate documents... and several of these have multiple pages of information on the Fair... and describing the Walt Disney team\'s involvement throughout.
Documents include:
1. Extremely rare: one of the few storyboard photostats known to exist from the segment which would later be broadcast on Walt Disney\'s Wonderful World of Color as \"Disneyland Goes to the World Fair.\" This memorable scene was meticulously planned for maximum storytelling ability... and remains as one of the most recognizable segments of the broadcast... including Mickey Mouse (portrayed by Paul Castle) as he looks for their \"lost\" Dopey... A remarkable document... andcould be considered ascornerstone of this collection. While the storyboard is unsigned... it was prepared by none other than a giant of Disney story art and comic gags, Roy Williams (also known as the \"Big Mooseketeer\" of the Mickey Mouse Club!). 8.5\" x 17\"; punched at left margin for filing and/or long-term storage.
2. A collection of 22 original vintage / candid color photo snapshots... featuring the Dedication and World Premiere of\"It\'s a Small World\" on April 22, 1964. Pictures several Disneyland employees who had been assigned to manage the attraction\'s debut at the fair... including Jack Lindquist, Chuck Corson, Tommy Walker, Ed Ettingerand several others... as photographed by Ben Harris.
3. Press Release on rare World\'s Fair / Small World letterhead... 3 pages... from the office of Mr. Bob Dorfman. Features the Tower of the Four Winds. Slight moisture stain on 1/2\"of upper margin. 3-hole punched for filing in 3-ring binder.
4. Press Release on rare World\'s Fair / Small World letterhead... 8 pages... providing a profile of the new Walt Disney attraction... sponsored by Pepsi for UNICEF. Stapled at upper left corner; excellent condition. 3-hole punched.
5. Press Release / News from WED Imagineering... Extremely rarecolor cover page / letterhead from WEDproviding a profile of the Disney attraction (same text as item #4, above)
6. Walt Disney Productions Inter-Office Communication to \"All Concerned\" from Ed Ettinger; written on April 15, 1964... describing details for the Press Opening Event to be held at 2pm on April 22. Photocopy as produced at that time for distribution to key Disney staff. References balloon release plans.... and the team in charge of the premiere (Tommy Walker, Bob Dorfman, Dick Nunis, Jack Lindquist, Ed Ettinger). Specifically references that Jack Lindquist would be headquartered in Walt Disney\'s office in Queens. Also notes the Public Relations firm handling the event... and Pepsi\'s contact person for the event. 2 pages; 2-hole punched at top for filing and subsequent storage.
7. Complete details of the Opening Day Ceremonies for the New York World\'s Fair 1964 - 1965... on official Unisphere letterhead... with cover page by Walter E. Giebelhaus. 13 pages... with more information about the Fair\'s opening day details than has been found in any other document.
8. Complete narration for the Opening Day Parade... Originally produced on 3\" x 5\" cards; the cards were then photocopied and distributed to key staff members at the World\'s Fair. On behalf of Disney\'s exhibits at the Fair, and their own premieres that day, the Fair management distributed a copy to Ben Harris so he could coordinate Disney\'s involvement. Covers 88 index cards with narration (for the Reviewing Stand at the Fairgrounds); on 15 pages. The parade\'s Grand Marshall (leading the parade) was General William Potter... with many of the Fair\'s exhibitors, sponsors, and participants presented in the parade. Of note... Disney\'s exhibits for the fair are not referenced in this particular script... but were likely reserved for their own separate premieres / dedications. 2-hole punched at top for filing; folded at center of 8.5\" x 14\" pages.
9. Personnel Accommodations for each key staff member on hand at the Fair... as of April 14, 1964. Includes references to Joe Fowler, George Mills, Frank Stanek, Roger Broggie, Roland \"Rolly\" Crump, Buddy Baker, Vic Greene, Dick Irvine, Herb Ryman, Ub Iwerks, Lella Easton, Van France, Pete Clark, Jack Sayers... and staying at New York\'s famed Waldorf Astoria... Mr. & Mrs. Walt Disney! Approx. 1/2\" paper loss to lower left corner froma hungry insect! As originally copied and distributed in April 1964.
10. Opening Day fact sheet... including list of participants (Walt Disney, Herbert Barnet, Donald Kendall, and Helenka Pantaleoni)... 1 page... 3 hole punched at left margin for filing.
11. Hand drawn map of \"It\'s a Small World\" and details for where members of the press would be located (adjacent to the Unicef Pavilion / Unicef Gardens. 1 page.
12. A complete hand-written record of the employees (many of them in character costumes; noting # of hours worked)who would be hired to work for Disney at the premiere and dedication... at $2.35 per hour!!... from Friday April 17 thru Wed. April 22, 1964. 1 page; 8.5\" x 14\" lined yellow legal paper.
13. Perhaps most significant... is a complete roster of the names of each person who wore a character costume for the dedication / premiere of the Fair and Small World attraction... including the employee\'s name... the character they portrayed... and their phone number at the time (and sometimes their address as well). A few of the employees were actually Disneyland cast members (Paul Castle, Alma Castle, Mary Mundry (Snow White). Perhaps the most remembered character from the film segment broadcast on television... was DOPEY... and while we won\'t disclose it here... that individual\'s identity is noted within the document as well. Simply a spectacular historic reference of the men and women who created the Disney magic for this spectacular premiere. 5 pages (8.5\" x 14\")... detailing characters including Mickey Mouse, Goofy, Pluto, Alice in Wonderland, White Rabbit, Mad Hatter, Big Bad Wolf and Three Little Pigs, Pinocchio, Foul Fellow, Gideon, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Dancing Hippos (Fantasia), and more.
14. 2 page document; detailing filming for \"Disneyland at the World\'s Fair\" (Walt Disney Production # 3287) by Bill O\'Sullivan; notations include Ham Luske (Director) and McLaren (Mac)Stewart (Associate / Production Assistant). Also makes notice of which characters were to appear in costume for the various events of the Fair between Sunday and Wednesday. 8.5\" x 11\"; hand written carbon copy;on accounting / financial paper stock.
15. Talent Time schedules; detailing when/where the Disney characters were to appear at Small World attraction each day during the Fair... including specified lunch breaks.3 pages...
16. Disneyland Inter-Office Communication from Ben Harris to Tommy Walker; detailing cost of the opening ceremonies for the dedication of \"It\'s a Small World\" at the World\'s Fair... including balloons; UN Flags; car rental; airfare; etc... with check to be made out to Nat Lewis. 1 page; original carbon copy on onionskin yellow letterhead. 8.5\" x 11\"
17. Disneyland Inter-Office Communication from Ben Harris to Earl Vilmer; requesting shipment of Disneyland\'s \"balloon boxes\" to New York for the World\'s Fair. These were the same large boxes used for the release of balloons at the Mary Poppins premiere at Grauman\'s Chinese Theatre in 1964... and at Disneyland\'s annual Christmas parades and special events. 1/2 page; on onionskin carbon letterhead; half sheet.
18. Walt Disney Productions, Inc.; \"It\'s a Small World\" memo letterhead; April 18, 1964 from Tommy Walker... detailing the Disney Characters Pre-Opening Schedule from Sunday April 19 thru Wed. April 22... leading up to the Opening Ceremony for \"It\'s a Small World\" at 2pm on April 22. Signed in ink by Tommy Walker.
19. Walt Disney Productions, Inc.; \"It\'s a Small World\" memo letterhead; April 18, 1964 from Tommy Walker... detailing the TV Shooting schedule for \"Disneyland Goes to the World\'s Fair\"... covering 4 days of production... and specifically referencing Dopey\'s famed appearance on the closed circuit broadcast at the RCA studio for lost children at the Fair. Signed in ink by Tommy Walker.
20.Vintage photocopy ofOrder Form for scheduling the dedication of the Pepsi Exhibit (aka It\'s a Small World)... for Walt Disney. Includes all costs for the event... to be billed to Pepsi\'s Tony Virginia. 8.5\" x 11\"
21. Complete schedule and detail for the Press Opening of It\'s a Small World at 2pm on Wed. April 22. 4 pages; 8.5\" x 11\"; referencing Jack Lindquist, publicist Irving Ludwig, Walt Disney, Don Kendall, and more... Describes the duties of each participant within these official ceremonies. Each publicity photograph is named and planned in advance.
22. Walt Disney Productions Inc., \"It\'s a Small World\" memo letterhead; carbon copy; issued and signed by \"Jack\" Lindquist; as issued to Tommy Walker, Chuck Corson, Ben Harris, Dick Nunis, Pete Crimmings, Ed Ettinger, Bob Dorfman and Bill O\'Sullivan. 8.5\" x 11\"; dated April 18, 1964.
23. Walt Disney Productions; New York Office; vintage photocopy of press release detailing \"Disneyland Ambassadors Tour World\'s Fair\" (on Sunday, April 19, 1964)
24. Knott Hotels Souvenir Map of the 1964 - 1965 New York World\'s Fair.
25. Official Souvenir Book for the New York World\'s Fair; published by Time Life Books. Approx. 120 pages. In \"fair\" condition (no pun intended!). Some discoloration and aging to gold cover; with minor spotting throughout from moisture during long-term storage
Suitable for the finest Disney archive or museum collection... or for those who specialize on the history of the 1964 / 1965 New York World\'s Fair attractions. Truly... a remarkable find!
About Ben Harris:
Whenhe prepared for his1970 transfer toFlorida during construction of Walt Disney World, Ben\'s staff then prepared his files for storage as heaccepted his new management roleWDW.After his return to California several years later, the items remained in storage until recently being reviewed and cataloged. At that time, many ofBen\'s files were then archived and preserved within Disneycompany.
This item comes from the personal archivesof former Disneyland Production Manager, Ben Harris. His career at Disneyland would span from 1958 thru 1970; and would then shift to Florida from 1970 thru 1972. His work included the Santa Fe & Disneyland Railroad at Disneyland; and he wouldlater serve as Production Coordinatorfor Tommy Walker before serving as Manager of Wardrobe distribution to all cast members.Throughout the mid-1960\'s, Benwas often tasked with providing narration through Disneyland\'s public address system. Perhaps most notably, on November 22, 1963, Ben Harris was assigned to announce to all Disneyland guests and cast membersthe death of President John F. Kennedy after his assassination in Dallas, Texas. From the backstage offices of Disneyland\'s master sound controls, Ben activated the emergency override to all music and attraction narration throughout the park... and made the official announcement of the tragedy. Following the announcement, two Disneyland security officers (Jack Kehoe and Jim Irsyk) would lead Vesey Walker and the Disneyland Band in their marchdown Main Street, U.S.A.to the lone sound of a drumroll. There, at theFlag pole in Town Square,they would lead guests in a moment of silence as theFlagwas lowered to half staff.
After Tommy Walker\'s1966 departureas head of Disneyland\'s Entertainment Division, Ben would thenserve asDisneyland\'sCoordinator of Division Services. Upon his later transferto FloridaBen Harriswould provide management for the new Hotel Division at Walt Disney World until accepting a position with INDEVCO. Together with United States Steel Corporation, INDEVCO would partner to build the hotels at the new Court of Flags development. Upon completion, Ben Harris would then serve as general manager of the new 418 room Sheraton Court of Flags hotel.
For those with a keen sense of Walt Disney and Disneyland history... be sure not to miss the other items in the Ben Harris Archive at Saturday\'s Toys (see link in left hand column of our store for Disneyana sales).
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1964 New York World\'s Fair It\'s a Small World Walt Disney Pepsi ARCHIVE Storybds:
$1964.00