Back in the day, you could take a helicopter from LAX to Disneyland (and back), as seen in this vintage April 19, 1965 image.
In “40 Pounds of Trouble” (1962), little Claire Wilcox, Suzanne Pleshette, and Tony Curtis boarded such a vehicle in a memorable sequence (from the otherwise forgettable film) where their characters visit Disneyland.
For vintage Disneyland fans, this footage inspires rapid heartbeats because of its time capsule value. See the helicopter circling over the Mark Twain below?
This recently acquired 1965 slide did not inspire much in me when I first saw it.
When I began cleaning it up though, I let out a whoop! Did you hear it? Just above, you can see one of those helicopters above the Twain. I wonder if it was the one with Curtis and Pleshette?
To round out the post, here are a few other vintage Twain images that have not yet been posted. From September 1963, I can’t look away from the interesting art on this woman’s dress:
Pirates of the Caribbean had only been open a few months when this July 1967 image taken aboard the Twain was snapped:
That’s a respectable line of guests waiting to see the treasures within the show building:
From the same batch, a panorama view of the Twain on the Rivers of America:
In this September 1969 evening shot, guests were serenaded aboard the Twain by the Disneyland Strawhatters:
You have seen this September 1969 trio in a previous post.
If you didn’t know how to take a proper photo, the Kodak Picture Spot was a good guide.
Today, nobody needs any advice on where to take a selfie; that would just be any place that other guests could be inconvenienced!
See more Mark Twain at Disneyland photos at my main website.
Daveland historical photos have been studied harder than the Zapruder film at this point. I would have assumed that chopper was just a weathervane on top of the Mark Twain, at least until you wonder why there would even be a weathervane on a steam ship.
ReplyDeleteQuite a find Dave. I can remember LAA flying in and out there at the heliport as well as the Newporter in Newport Beach. My Dad took it several times to LAX for connecting flights on business trips at both locations. And we thought freeway traffic was bad then. LOL KS
ReplyDeleteBryan - I love the way you put things! Maybe I should do a grassy knoll(s) of Disneyland page on my website!
ReplyDeleteKS - Hard to imagine traffic getting worse…but it does. I also remember driving back and forth from San Diego to Anaheim as a kid…with nothing in between!
Me too Dave. I could take a date from central Orange County to San Diego, have a great day biking around Balboa Park or visit Coronado, have dinner in the Laguna area and be home before midnight. Early to mid '70s. KS
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