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A Wethersfield Connecticut family enters a contest sponsored by Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing (3M), and wins a trip to the newly-opened Disneyland out in California.
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Things that pop to mind in this three part film: 8mm silent home movie, Davy Crockett hats and jackets, neighborhood families, women in skirts, heels and hats, men in baggy trousers, a Super-G Constellation flying from Bradley Airport (Connecticut), to Idylwild, then to St Louis, then to Los Angeles, first class in the rear of the plane, box lunches for "tourist" class, Hollywood bus tour, Universal Studios tour, ferry to Catalina Island, and of course ... Disneyland!
Our own family did the same trip to Disneyland, also in 1956, but by car (we didn't win the 3M contest!). I remember like it was yesterday: the ticket booths at the entrance, the Mickey Mouse clock, steam train, Skyway cablecar, Autopia, hippo attack on the "Congo" flatboat ride, ice cream, etc. Can't believe I remember all that.
Lots of memories here - especially if you're a young guy born in the 1940s like me!
Tom
Things that pop to mind in this three part film: 8mm silent home movie, Davy Crockett hats and jackets, neighborhood families, women in skirts, heels and hats, men in baggy trousers, a Super-G Constellation flying from Bradley Airport (Connecticut), to Idylwild, then to St Louis, then to Los Angeles, first class in the rear of the plane, box lunches for "tourist" class, Hollywood bus tour, Universal Studios tour, ferry to Catalina Island, and of course ... Disneyland!
Our own family did the same trip to Disneyland, also in 1956, but by car (we didn't win the 3M contest!). I remember like it was yesterday: the ticket booths at the entrance, the Mickey Mouse clock, steam train, Skyway cablecar, Autopia, hippo attack on the "Congo" flatboat ride, ice cream, etc. Can't believe I remember all that.
Lots of memories here - especially if you're a young guy born in the 1940s like me!
Tom
