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Let me get things straight here. I have the complete episode "Disneyland: From Pirates of the Caribbean to the World of Tomorrow" on my DVD-R. That TV episode was from WWOC back in 1968. But on the "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl" DVD, the TV episode featured just the "Pirate of the Caribbean" ride but not the entire thing. My brother has the real copy on DVD. Anybody seen it?

The PotC DVD mentions that it's merely an excerpt. I don't have it on hand at the moment, it's upstairs in my room, but I've watched it enough.

It starts with a female host (some blonde woman) who's introducing a clip of Walt Disney and the female Disney Ambassador or whatever she was called (the young woman with the riding crop). It has Walt showing the woman several models for the ride. Then the blonde female host introduces some footage of the then-new New Orleans Square, with the opening of PoTC by having castmembers as pirates and soldiers and the like having shipboard battles and then has the first riders go on the ride. The actual ride-through is pretty impressive, much of it was used in the original Sing-Along-Songs Volume One (Heigh Ho).

Escapay

In case you wanted to know more about the original show:


DISNEYLAND: FROM THE PIRATES OF THE
CARIBBEAN TO THE WORLD OF TOMORROW

Airdates: 1/21/68, 6/09/68.

Co producer: Harry Tytle. Narration Written by: Martin A. Sklar. Directed by: Hamilton S. Luske. Production Associate: McLaren Stewart. Director of Photography: Gordon Avil, A.S.C. Film Editor: Lloyd L. Richardson, A.C.E. Music: Franklyn Marks. Songs: Yo Ho: Xavier Atencio, George Bruns. World of Color Theme Song: Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman. Assistant Director: Michael Moder. Sound: Robert O. Cook. Program Co ordinator: Jack Bruner. Additional Photography by: Norman Wright Productions, Inc.

In the episode The Disneyland Tenth Anniversary Show, Walt provided a sneak preview of an upcoming attraction, The Pirates of the Caribbean, to the 1965 Disneyland Ambassador, Julie Reihm. The ride is finished now, and Marcia Miner, the 1967 Disneyland Ambassador, hosts this look at how the Disney "Imagineers" go about the task of building such a unique ride.

After clips of Walt explaining the attraction to Julie Reihm, the narrator describes the functions of WED Enterprises, the research and development arm of Walt Disney Productions (WED is named after Walter E. Disney). There, artists and engineers work together to create the Audio Animatronic shows acclaimed by visitors to the Park. Working with a variety of media, including pastel sketches and miniature copies of the rides, the WED employees experiment until the ride is judged up to Disneyland standards. Once ready for installation, the pirate figures were trucked to their new home, New Orleans Square, the first all-new land since the Park first opened.

After Miner gives a tour of the area, viewers are entertained by the elaborate ceremonies of the opening day festivities. A crowd of journalists about the Columbia sailing ship were attacked by pirates, who led their prisoners to the new attraction. Scenes from the ride follow, with Park guests enjoying the scenes of pirates in their lairs and attacking a small city.

The action then switches to the new Tomorrowland. As Miner explains, time had caught up with the original Tomorrowland, so the Imagineers created a fresh, new version. Scenes of dedication day follow, with Miner touring the area with Mickey Mouse, who is dressed as a spaceman. After an aerial tour of Disneyland courtesy of a flying rocket belt, it's time for the new Peoplemover, which provides a panoramic view of Tomorrowland. In Adventure Through Inner Space, guests are miniaturized and taken inside a snowflake, while over at the Flight to the Moon, an astronaut explores the moon's surface. The Carousel of Progress entertains visitors with a light-hearted history of electricity, then provides a look at a model of EPCOT, Walt Disney's new city planned for Walt Disney World. The CircleVision film America the Beautiful provides a 360-degree view of scenes from across the country, with a special look at Disneyland. The visit to Tomorrowland ends with Goofy and Pluto, garbed in space suits, high above the ground on the Rocket Jets.

The program ends with a look at the Park at night, including Fantasy on Parade on Main Street, live entertainment on the new Tomorrowland Stage and other shows throughout Disneyland. The colorful Fantasy in the Sky fireworks ends the night and the program.

Production Notes:

• The announcer for this episode gave the title as From Pirates of the Caribbean to Tomorrowland.

• The working titles of this episode were Disneyland, The New Magic Kingdom, Disneyland Park Show and Behind the Scenes at WED.

Thanks bcotter for this description. The first half of the show was from the DVD "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl" as listed under Special Features. The complete show I have is on VCD.

My pleasure. Those old shows with behind-the-scenes looks at the parks and films were some of the best. I'm currently copying my video tapes to DVD and it's a great excuse to watch some of them again. Takes a while with several thousand tapes though!

If anyone has questions about specific shows let me know and I'll do my best to answer them. The info was the longer version of the description originally written for my book "The Wonderful World of Disney Television". They had to cut the book by 1/2 to get it down to 625 pages, so it's great to be able to share some of what was cut out.

Regards

Bill Cotter
http://www.billcotter.com

bcotter wrote:My pleasure. Those old shows with behind-the-scenes looks at the parks and films were some of the best. I'm currently copying my video tapes to DVD and it's a great excuse to watch some of them again. Takes a while with several thousand tapes though!

If anyone has questions about specific shows let me know and I'll do my best to answer them. The info was the longer version of the description originally written for my book "The Wonderful World of Disney Television". They had to cut the book by 1/2 to get it down to 625 pages, so it's great to be able to share some of what was cut out.

Regards

Bill Cotter
http://www.billcotter.com

Thanks! I have my book since I bought it back in 1997, but now it's still out of print. And also thanks for the link. I visit your site to know all the info about the Disney TV shows and even anthology series. My brother has the original copy of "Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl" where they have special features on the second disc. I will post the episode intro credits pics as soon as I get home this Christmas, to see how it differs. Stay tuned!