November '71 Found Footage

[blueboxdoctor]

And also without digital devices.
This is on FILM, people.
Remember 'film'...?
Exposed it to light within a camera, took it away somewhere to be developed, and a couple of days later you were finally able to see if you captured what you wanted!

Those were the days.....

Oh I don't know. I have a DSLR and it's great being able to take a mix of snapshot and more planned pictures with a big memory card. You can even say doing some editing (touching up/exposure adjusting/layering) is basically like waiting for film to develop since both are a process.

 

[Incomudro]

Wow, somehow '70's park guests managed to survive in a Disney park without strollers and scooters. Imagine that! They were a hardier folk back then...

Thinner too!

 

[Incomudro]

I actually think the park looks way better now. For one thing, where you mostly see just fields of regular grass and a few trees in the video, today they are filled with lush, detailed landscaping. I don't feel like there are less trees at all.


Yeah, but the real world was a different story. People littered and polluted way more in the 70's than now.

Yes, it looks rather stark in this footage.

 

[Incomudro]

Some of the thoughts that entered my mind while viewing this:
Hey! I was there around that time. (roughly) I was in third grade, and I was almost looking for my family in this footage.
Lots of older folk.
People were way thinner.
I think the park does look better now.
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. I was a kid again when I viewed that footage. I'm not kidding. When the camera showed the surface of the water, I was looking to see if I could spot fish.

 

[NonnaT]

Is there really an issue wearing sneakers compared to shoes? I mean, I wouldn't want to wear a tucked in button up shirt at WDW, especially in the hotter months (or long pants for that matter). It is nice you can bring in outside food now. Not that I do it often, but it does help make it more affordable for some people.

No issue, sneakers (including all comfortable athletic footwear) are a LOT more comfortable I'm sure than the shoes my dad was probably wearing.
It's just humorous to remember how "outfits" for both men and women were way back when.
I'm sure we are all a whole lot more comfortable today!

 

[Matt_Black]

No issue, sneakers (including all comfortable athletic footwear) are a LOT more comfortable I'm sure than the shoes my dad was probably wearing.
It's just humorous to remember how "outfits" for both men and women were way back when.
I'm sure we are all a whole lot more comfortable today!

Thanks heavens for men like Clark Gable. He popularized not wearing undershirts. I'd hate having to wear an extra shirt that no one is ever supposed to see to begin with just for the sake of... reasons? Underpants make sense, because otherwise there's no barrier between your pants and... well. We're veering off-topic.

 

[NonnaT]

Thanks heavens for men like Clark Gable. He popularized not wearing undershirts. I'd hate having to wear an extra shirt that no one is ever supposed to see to begin with just for the sake of... reasons? Underpants make sense, because otherwise there's no barrier between your pants and... well. We're veering off-topic.

LOL!

 

[morningstar]

I'd forgotten how the Skyway station in Fantasyland transports you to an Alpine Village.

 

[TP2000]

As a patriotic American it pains me to say this...

This 1971 footage from WDW guests reminds me of what Tokyo Disneyland visitors look and act like in the 21st century. At Tokyo Disneyland the children over age 3 aren't in strollers, they walk. Everyone is well dressed. Everyone is well behaved. No one is obese, customers or CM's. There is not an electric scooter shuttling an obese person around in sight. The CM's always have smiles and are always engaging their "guests". Everyone follows the rules for both Disney theme parks as well as polite society in general.

The only thing that's different between 1971 WDW and today's Tokyo parks is the light crowd levels in '71. I've never seen the Tokyo parks that lightly attended. But the way the crowd looks and acts is very similar.