Post Eleven: Tomorrowland

I am sure you all just love hearing more about Disney...but!

DVD review: Walt Disney Treasures presents Tomorrowland.

This DVD, like all of those in the Disney Treasures series, is fantastic, and full of information. They all seem to bring the veiwer back to a time that is very much gone, a time of imagination and innocence.

Tomorrowland focuses on a series of short films and pieces of animation from the Disneyland television show of the early 50's, involving the future (and now past) of the space race. It reaches back in time to tell the history of man's fascination with the stars and moon, with a very great sense of story telling, and amazingly well done animation.

Historical figures from the pre-moon space days are brought in to explain what it will be like in the then future of travel in space. Most notably is Werner Von Braun, who was a pioneer at NASA (and the Nazi's!) in the earlier days of space exploration.

All the information is remarkably accurate, given the fact that is was 10 or so years prior to the first manned exploration of space. Detailed in the stories, are theories on how man may make it to the moon, using quadruple staged rockets and the like. Notable also is "Mars And Beyond" which tackles ideas not yet even conquered.

Also worth mentioning is the a presentation on disc two entitled: E.P.C.O.T, in which Walt Disney himself speaks of his plans to bring an Environmental Prototype Community Of Tomorrow to Florida. Sadly, his dream was never realized, and the Epcot we know today is a mere joke in comparison to Uncle Walt's real dreams and aspirations.

Running Time: 319 Minutes (5 hours, 19 minutes) (253 - programs, 11 - introductions, 55 - extras) 1.33:1 Fullscreen (Original Ratio) / Dolby Digital Mono (English)
Rating: Not Rated / Originally Broadcast between 1955 and 1959 Subtitles: English; Closed Captioned / DVD
Release Date: May 18, 2004 Two single-sided, dual-layered discs (DVD-9);

There's A Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow...

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