""The film by director Leslie Iwerks is currently playing at the AMC Burbank Town Center 8 and debuts on Disney+ on Jan. 22. The entire documentary is made from original 1954-1955 footage that Walt Disney commissioned of the construction of the park and its earliest days. Rather than focusing on the experience of the park itself, which has been covered in other works, Iwerks focused on the enormous challenge of creating Disneyland in the first place.""
""They would basically go to a section of the land and just document what they were doing," she added. "They would show different angles and shoot different things, and get tight shots and wides and shoot it almost like a feature film. So we thought, 'Well, what if we cut all that together and start to do the countdown to opening day?'""
A documentary titled "Disneyland Handcrafted" compiles never-released 1954–1955 footage commissioned by Walt Disney that documents the construction and earliest days of Disneyland. The archival material reveals the immense logistical, creative, and financial challenges of inventing a theme park and making the concept operational. The film emphasizes construction processes and the intentional filmmaking used to record the build, often shot with tight and wide angles like a feature. The presentation centers on the feat of creating Disneyland rather than the park experience. The documentary premiered at AMC Burbank Town Center 8 and debuts on Disney+ on Jan. 22.
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