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Footage is here: https://www.retrowdw.com/imageworks/films/project-florida-like-youve-never-seen-it-before-restored-16mm-film/ This is one of the rare films we've all been waiting for...Project Florida. Produced in 1970 the film was presented on NBC's The Wonderful World of Disney, following...

Full video can be found here: http://www.retrowdw.com/imageworks/films/restored-mission-mars-upper-scanner-16mm-film-ride-audio/ RetroWDW was able to obtain an original copy of the the upper scanner 16mm film from Mission to Mars, we immediately had the it scanned in HD and then we improved...

By Brian Miles When I began acquiring discarded home movie films from people's visits to Walt Disney World in the 1970's and 80's I developed a list of "holy grail" things I hoped to see captured on film. The Florida Orange Bird was a character developed exclusively for WDW by Disney Imagineers...

45 Years ago this week Walt Disney World opened its doors and since then millions have poured through its gates capturing memories on film. In the past 3 years we've shared nearly 50 restored home movies of WDW. While a few of these films are from our own family and friends, the majority come...

Listen here: http://www.retrodisneyworld.com/podcast/podcast-episode-18-nowhere-in-particular Welcome to Episode 18 of the Retro Disney World Podcast: "Nowhere in Particular" - We appreciate your support and hope you have been enjoying each and every episode. Be sure to check out some of our...

We continue with our series of EPCOT Center B-Roll footage from a 1987 3/4 videotape issued by Disney to media outlets for their use. EPCOT Center B-Roll Restoration Series Part 1 - General Footage Part 2 - Canada Part 3 - United Kingdom Part 4-11 - Coming Soon! Today we start our...

EPCOT Center opened to the public on this first day of October in 1982. Thirty three years later the park’s original “permanent World’s Fair” theme has suffered a bad case of mission creep. But for RetroDisneyWorld fans the chance to step into EPCOT’s first decade is one we relish. Just such...

Welcome to Episode 11 of the Retro Disney World Podcast: "First Things First" - We appreciate your support and hope you have been enjoying each and every episode. Be sure to check out some of our previous shows. Corrections and Comments - How discusses the World Showcase original location...

Over the past year of so we've been restoring many Magic Kingdom films...each of which lends to some amazing discovery that we haven't seen before. However, when you discover a film that includes footage from MK and River Country you tend to get very excited, and then when you realize there is...

Welcome to Episode 10 of the Retro Disney World Podcast: "Hooray for Floridawood" - We appreciate your support and hope you have been enjoying each and every episode. Be sure to check out some of our previous shows. Corrections and Comments - Brian discusses some EPCOT 30 corrections about...

Podcast Episode 9 - Building the Golden Dream Welcome to Episode 9 of the Retro Disney World Podcast: "Building the Golden Dream" - We appreciate your support and hope you have been enjoying each and every episode. Be sure to check out some of the previous shows. Corrections and Comments -...

Not sure what we did to upset the balance of the force, but the moderators are sending a clear message that our posts are not wanted here. Sharing vintage film restorations and our podcast must be on the "no no" list.. We don't compete with anything else on this forum, we are old school news, we...

Welcome to Episode 8 of the Retro Disney World Podcast: "Legends & Legacies of Lakes and Lagoons" We appreciate your support and hope you have been enjoying each and every episode. Be sure to check out some of the previous shows along with our latest. Corrections and Comments - We discuss a...

It has been awhile since we posted a film restoration and I guess for good reason....I've been hard at work restoring a pristine 16mm home movie of the early days of EPCOT Center. I took a bit more time to restore this film as anything with EPCOT on film is a rarity, but 16mm with sound puts...

Welcome to Episode 7 of the Retro Disney World Podcast: "Receipt Is In The Bag" We appreciate your support and hope you have been enjoying each and every episode. Be sure to check out some of the previous shows along with our latest. Introductions - The regular crew is all here, Todd, Brian...

Original Restoration We have restored many films over the past year however I was never satisfied with the end result on a few of them. I've been continually tweaking the process and in recent days I have gone back and remastered the color and sharpness on two of the films. The pictures of the...

If you've been following my restoration projects over the past year you may be familiar that my first restored film was one that my grandparents took in 1972. I complemented that with their return visit in '75 a few weeks later and around the holiday season I posted my first trip to WDW in 1980...

We're humbled by the overwhelming response to our recently posted restoration of a 1975 WDW press film. Many of you shared our pages and rewteeted us thousands of times - we thank you for the wonderful exposure! With that said, many people questioned why there was no sound and why the color...

We've been quiet here at RetroDisneyWorld - focusing in the background on our next podcast episode and special music video that we hope to release in late 2015 (or sooner if we get more footage!). With that said, we wanted to release a film for our followers to watch...while the snow still falls...

The RetroWDW podcast has released Episode 4: One Little Spark. A journey back to the origins of EPCOT Center. Enjoy! http://www.retrodisneyworld.com/podcast/podcast-episode-4-one-little-spark