Gallery 7
Postwar Rebuilding
Disneylandia:
Walt was introduced to the world of miniatures in 1939. Over the years, he collected and crafted them with the idea in mind of building a traveling exhibition of dioramas depicting historic Americana—a hobby he relished. “When I work with these small objects, the cares of the studio fade away.”
“By hook or by crook”:
“By hook or by crook, we’ve got to get going,” Walt said in the wake of World War II. It was time to build. “Now I needed to diversify further, and that meant live action.” Walt’s first foray combined sequences of live action with animation—Song of the South would earn two Academy Awards®.
Underwater Ingenuity:
Underwater cinematography was vital to the success of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. Tasked with building the camera’s waterproof housing, The Walt Disney Studios’ machine shop cleverly integrated a miniature air tank that, by equalizing the internal and external pressure as the camera submerged, prevented the housing from leaking.
Daddy Duties:
“Dad, with us, did everything a normal father would do for his children and then some. He drove us to school every day of our lives until I had a driver’s license and could drive, and then he continued to drive Sharon for a couple of years.”—Diane Disney Miller
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