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Changing Studio Names
Walt Disney and Roy, his brother, changed the name of the studio Disney Brothers Studio to Walt Disney Studios and later becomes known as Hyperion Studio.
http://www.waltdisney.org/sites/default/files/Walt%20Disney%20Timeline_0.pdf
"Walt+disney+studios+1926 - Google Search." Walt+disney+studios+1926 - Google Search. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Sept. 2016.
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Mickey Mouse is created
Walt creates Mickey in Steamboat Willie, which combined sound and animation. Within the year Mickey Mouse became a national phenomenon.
http://www.waltdisney.org/sites/default/files/Walt%20Disney%20Timeline_0.pdf
"Steamboat+willie - Google Search." Steamboat+willie - Google Search. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Sept. 2016.
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Mickey gets licensed
Walt and his brother Roy license Mickey-related merchandising
http://www.waltdisney.org/sites/default/files/Walt%20Disney%20Timeline_0.pdf
"1930+mickey+licensing+merchandise - Google Search." 1930+mickey+licensing+merchandise - Google Search. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Sept. 2016.
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Disney music brings relief
"Three Little Pigs", the 36th "Silly Symphony" , is passed out with the original song, "Whose Afraid of The Big Bad Wolf". The song later became a national hit and anthem for the Great Depression.
http://www.waltdisney.org/sites/default/files/Walt%20Disney%20Timeline_0.pdf
"The+36th+silly+symphony - Google Search." The+36th+silly+symphony - Google Search. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Sept. 2016.
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Fantasia and Pinocchio
Disney released a movie with a new kind of technology, known as Fantasound. Fantasia, nor Pinocchio were very successful, but today both are well known classics to Disney.
http://www.waltdisney.org/sites/default/files/Walt%20Disney%20Timeline_0.pdf
"Fantasia+and+pinocchio - Google Search." Fantasia+and+pinocchio - Google Search. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Sept. 2016.
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Dumbo
Dumbo was released, and was one of the more natural looking animations for that time period. But sadly also in 1941, The US enters World War II and Disney Studios housed troops.
http://www.waltdisney.org/sites/default/files/Walt%20Disney%20Timeline_0.pdf
"Dumbo - Google Search." Dumbo - Google Search. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Sept. 2016.
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Cinderella
Cinderella became Disney's first commercially successful animated feature since Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs. Today Cinderella is well known by everyone and continually loved by little girls.
http://www.waltdisney.org/sites/default/files/Walt%20Disney%20Timeline_0.pdf
"Cinderella+1950 - Google Search." Cinderella+1950 - Google Search. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Sept. 2016.
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Disney Land and ABC
Disney gets a contract with ABC to produce a one-hour tv show in exchange for a $500,000 investment by ABC in Disney Land. Walt also buys 244 acres of land in CA for Disney Land
http://www.waltdisney.org/sites/default/files/Walt%20Disney%20Timeline_0.pdf
"Disneyland+1954 - Google Search." Disneyland+1954 - Google Search. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Sept. 2016.
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Disney Land Opens
Lady and The Tramp was released and was a hit! It was the first animated film to be filmed in wide-screen. Disney Land also opens and is a huge success receiving over 1 million visitors.
http://www.waltdisney.org/sites/default/files/Walt%20Disney%20Timeline_0.pdf
"Disneyland+1954 - Google Search." Disneyland+1954 - Google Search. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Sept. 2016.
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Mary Poppins
Mary Poppins is released and is a hit, it is nominated for 13 Academy Awards. Walt Disney also receives the nation's highest honor award, The Medal of Freedom.
http://www.waltdisney.org/sites/default/files/Walt%20Disney%20Timeline_0.pdf
"Mary+poppins - Google Search." Mary+poppins - Google Search. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Sept. 2016.
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EPCOT
Walt Disney gets the idea for EPCOT and purchases land in Orlando to build it. This experimental thing led to the world wide amusement park of Disney World.
http://www.waltdisney.org/sites/default/files/Walt%20Disney%20Timeline_0.pdf
"Ecot+1965 - Google Search." Ecot+1965 - Google Search. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Sept. 2016.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYyJ92Vh-Is
