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Rare WED special status report.

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Rare WED special status report.
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This item SOLD at 2015 Mar 01 @ 15:29UTC-8 : PST/AKDT
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(WED, 1966-67) Roy Disney’s personal copy of a seventeen page report prepared by Imagineering President Mel Melton. The report, prepared and distributed only to the top executives at the company, covers the period of October 1966 thru the start of April 1967. A working assessment of events for both WED and MAPO in the prelude and aftermath of Walt Disney’s death, it covers the emotional and organizational blow to the divisions while reporting the progressive strategies of current projects. It begins with a WED inter-office communication sheet signed by Mel Melton and stamped ‘received’ by Roy Disney’s office. It discusses Walt’s death, its impact to the divisions and how the company, in Walt’s memory, should continue with the spirit of “the show must go on.” The Disney World Florida Project” is mentioned. Current status on projects such as, Pirates of the Caribbean, Club 33, the New Tomorrowland expansion including, Adventure Thru Inner Space, Flight to the Moon, Carousel of Progress, America the Beautiful and the Goodyear Peoplemover are included. Also covered is the Disney World project and Walt’s plans for EPCOT, citing his proposal which was demonstrated in his final film pitch of the project. The Mineral King project is also covered. A time-capsule document of a tumultuous period in the history of WED and Disneyland. Measuring 9 x 11.25 in.