Disney Imagineers Constructing Dinosaur Model in 1963 for the Magic Skyway Ride at the Ford Pavilion, 1964-1965 New York World's Fair
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For its pavilion at the 1964-65 New York World's Fair, Ford Motor Company brought in Walt Disney to design a "unique and memorable entertainment adventure" that would outshine its competitors. This became the Magic Skyway ride, in which guests sat in Ford convertibles through a Disney-designed show. For the show, Disney Imagineers designed larger-than-life dinosaurs using Audio-Animatronics technology.
For its pavilion at the 1964-65 New York World's Fair, Ford Motor Company brought in Walt Disney to design a "unique and memorable entertainment adventure" that would outshine its competitors. This became the Magic Skyway ride, in which guests sat in Ford convertibles through a Disney-designed show. For the show, Disney Imagineers designed larger-than-life dinosaurs using Audio-Animatronics technology.
Artifact
Slide (Photograph)
Date Made
May 1963
Subject Date
May 1963
Keywords
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
81.169.13
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Stanley Cousineau.
Material
Film (Material by form)
Cardboard
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 2 in
Width: 2 in
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