Life of Walt Disney This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
By sne26
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Walter Elias Disney was born in Chicago, Illinois. His parents were Flora and Elias Disney. He had three brothers and one sister. Image from Wikipedia.com
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The Disney family moved to a small farm in Marceline, Missouri when Walt was four years old. He only lived there for five years, but he had many good memories from that time. When he created Disneyland, he used the town as a guide for the park's Main Street.
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Walt lived in Marceline, Mo for five years.
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Walt's father became ill and could not take care of the farm anymore, so the family moved to Kansas City, Missouri.
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Walt started high school in Chicago, Illinois. He enjoyed drawing and took drawing classes. He also drew cartoons for his high school newspaper.
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Walt joined the American Red Cross to help in World War I. He wanted to enlist in the military but at 17, he was too young. He spent most of his time driving ambulances in France. Image from Wikimedia Commons
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From 1919 through 1923, Walt worked in various art studios. He created advertisments and short motion picture animated films.
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Walt and his brother Roy created the Disney Brothers Studios, which was later renamed Walt Disney Studios. Image from Wikimedia Commons
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Walt married Lillian Bounds. She was an artist who worked at Walt Disney Studios.
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Walt created a new character, Mortimar Mouse, which was later renamed Mickey Mouse.
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The first animated short film starring Mickey Mouse debuted in New York CIty. Steamboat Willie was the first animated short film to have sound effects and music.
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Walt Disney Studios began to produce animated short films called Silly Symphonies. Many of these films were produced for the next several years. These films were very popular and were shown in movie theaters throughout the country.
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After years of hard work and much money, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs premiered in Los Angeles. It was the first full-length animated movie ever made. Snow White lead the way for many more full length animated movies, such as Pinocchio, Bambi, and Dumbo
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Walt Disney Studios released their first live action movie- Treasure Island. Treasure Island was very successful and lead the way to many more live-action movies throughout the years.
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Walt hosted his first television special, One Hour in Wonderland.
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Disneyland opening day
After years of planning, Disneyland opened In Anaheim, California. The park atttracts millions of visitors a year. -
Walt announced plans for a theme park in Florida called Disney World. The park opened in 1971, five years after Walt's death.
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Walt Disney died from lung cancer. After his death, Disney World opened along with Epcot, Disney's Hollywood Studios and Animal Kingdom. To this day, movies and television shows are still being produced by his company, Walt Disney Productions. He left a great legacy
