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Bought an unusual item off UK eBay a few months ago: a 5 1/2 minute IB Tech promotional Disneyland short. It has uncut original leaders which identify the title as “A Visit to Disneyland 1967”. There’s a brief copyright notice to Disney in between the countdown but no other actual credits. No dialogue or narration either, just music accompanying very colourful Technicolor shots of Disneyland. 😃

Can’t find any mention of this particular short on the Internet. Having projected it a couple times, it’s pretty clean for an old print, no splices. I suspect most (if not all) of the footage may have been cobbled together from a longer production but personally find it charming enough as a standalone short to move forward with having it professionally cleaned and scanned dual-flash. Output will be 4K ProRes, which seems overkill for 16mm but we’ll probably get as much detail as possible out of the print, especially in the shadows and highlights.

Here’s a link to some screenshots from a projection, it’s darker than it should be but a good representation of that Technicolor vibrance:
https://imgur.com/a/Z0dbqio

While I’ve been an offered a more than reasonable quote, donations are certainly welcome. I’m not quite sure how to go about with a release but would be happy to share the print scan eventually with anyone who’s interested. Feel free to PM for more info. 😉

UPDATE: Print has been shipped to the lab. Assuming there are no unexpected surprises, I intend to raise €80 to cover the cost of scanning.

I have the CAV laserdisc, bought one cheap, still-sealed, mainly for the collectible swag that came with it. Not sure if the discs suffer from laser rot. I’d be happy to loan it unless the CLV is sufficient/reliable enough for a capture.

Not to hijack this thread but I’m currently eyeing an auction for a nice looking IB Tech of a certain Disney animated feature. I could realistically barely scrape 3/4ths of the starting bid but I doubt it will stay at that for long. Admittedly this is a little speculative but if anyone here can contribute towards a potential purchase, drop me a PM for more details! 😃

Very cool! If it is indeed nitrate, might be best to store it properly or get in touch with an archive like the Library of Congress. Maybe the folks over at the Nitrateville forums might be interested as well.

Dug up the Work-in-Progress video stream someone kindly extracted from the BD ages ago. Posted the corresponding frames that weren’t pencil tests or storyboards below: