Disney Imagineers Constructing Dinosaur for the Magic Skyway Ride in the Ford Pavilion, 1964-1965 New York World's Fair

THF114488 / Disney Imagineers Constructing Dinosaur for the Magic Skyway Ride in the Ford Pavilion, 1964-1965 New York World's Fair / color corrected

THF114487 / Disney Imagineers Constructing Dinosaur for the Magic Skyway Ride in the Ford Pavilion, 1964-1965 New York World's Fair

Artifact Overview

For its pavilion at the 1964-65 New York World's Fair, Ford Motor Company brought in Walt Disney to design a "unique and memorable entertainment adventure" that would outshine its competitors. This became the Magic Skyway ride, in which guests sat in Ford convertibles through a Disney-designed show. For the show, Disney Imagineers designed larger-than-life dinosaurs using Audio-Animatronics technology.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Slide (Photograph)

Subject Date

1962-1963

Creators

WED Enterprises, Inc.

Collection Title

New York World's Fair Records Series

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

72.300.1109.17

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.

Material

Film (Material by form)
Metal
Glass (Material)

Color

Multicolored

Dimensions

Height: 2 in
Width: 2 in

Keywords	Slides (Photographs) Photographs Designers Exhibitions Dinosaurs Models and modelmaking World's fairs Imagineers (Group) Walt Disney Productions New York World's Fair (1964-1965)