1956 CALIFORNIA TRIP DISNEYLAND, MARINELAND, LOS ANGELES & SOLVANG HOME MOVIES XD46774

Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit Visit our website This color film offers a time-capsule look at a family vacation to Southern California in the summer of 1956, including a trip to Disneyland (celebrating just over a year in operation) as well as other landmarks and tourist attractions of the region, including Mission Santa Inés, Pea Soup Andersen’s, Wayfarers Chapel, Clifton’s Cafeteria, and Marineland of the Pacific (TRT: 24:35). The Disney footage is especially interesting as it shows many original attractions (including the not-very-politically correct Plantation House and Aunt Jemima theme restaurant at New Orleans Square). Disneyland’s City Hall on “Main Street, .” A wagon, “Bekins Van & Storage Co.” A horse-drawn trolley car, a carriage, and a fire truck wagon near the entrance of the theme park. “Disneyland Fire Dept.” (0:06). The Main Street Cinema’s marquee advertises Rudolph Valentino and Vilma Ban
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