"I hope we never lose sight of one thing: that it was all started by a mouse" Walt Disney
By SissiTres
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Early Life
Walter Elias Disney is born in Chicago, Illinois -
Childhood
He moves to Kansas City, Missouri, with his family.
He starts to study cartooning -
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During the war
During World War I he drives ambulances for the American Red Cross -
After the war
He goes back to Chicago and he meets Ub Iwerks, his future business partner -
First animated cartoons
Disney and Iwerks starts a small studio. They produce their first series of cartoons: LAUGH O GRAMS
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Bankruptcy
Unfortunately, Disney, his brother Roy and Iwerks lose all the money They move to California -
The Success
In California, they open a new studio and create a new character: Mickey Mouse. Mickey Mouse appears in a short film "Steamboat Wilie". It is a success
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Mickey Mouse&Co.
Disney creates also Minnie, Donald Duck and many other characters -
Feature-Lenght Cartoon
The first long cartoon appears: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Others follow immediately: Pinocchio (1940), Dumbo (1941) and Bambi (1942) -
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Disneyland
Disney has a plan for a huge amusement park: Disneyland. It opens in 1955 in California. A second park, Disneyworld, opens in 1971 in Orland, Florida, -
Motion Pictures
After World War II he develops motion picture. The big success arrives in 1964 with Mary Poppins -
Death
Walt Disney dies in 1966
