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Magic in the Mountains (2021)

Talks Virtual
Virtual Film Screening:
Fri, Feb 4 at 5pm PT – Sun, Feb 6 at 11:59pm PT
Virtual Q&A Session: Sat, Feb 5 | 1pm PT

Join us for a special screening of a new documentary, Magic in the Mountains (2021), telling the remarkable story of how Palisades Tahoe—a little-known ski area in California—won the bid for the 1960 Winter Olympics, and with the help of Walt Disney, forever changed how the games were presented.

New Heights: Walt and the Winter Olympics

New Heights: Walt and the Winter Olympics
Posted on Wed, 01/18/2012 - 06:00

In October of 1966, Walt Disney was declared “Showman of the World” by the National Association of Theatre Owners. His creative legacy was so diverse, spanning so many realms of entertainment and outdoor recreation, it’s remarkable to think that before 1955 he was “merely” a producer of motion pictures...

Making The Great Locomotive Chase

Making The Great Locomotive Chase
Posted on Mon, 10/03/2011 - 06:00

One might have thought, in the fall of 1955, that Walt Disney might have had more pressing things to do than visit a film shoot in the remote backwaters of northeastern Georgia. After all, Disneyland had opened only a few months earlier and there was still a studio to run...