{"id":2316,"date":"2024-08-30T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-30T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/?p=2316"},"modified":"2024-08-29T16:47:38","modified_gmt":"2024-08-29T23:47:38","slug":"visiting-the-walt-disney-family-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/2024\/08\/30\/visiting-the-walt-disney-family-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"Visiting the Walt Disney Family Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>One of my daughters had an event to attend in San Francisco, so I decided to take a few well earned days off and join her. The 400 plus mile drive up highway 101 was pleasant and uneventful. My wife and I visited relatives while our daughter went to her event, but the highlights of the trip were our visits to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.waltdisney.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Walt Disney Family Museum<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/muwo\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Muir Woods National Monument<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/walt-disney-family-museum-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"2309\" src=\"https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/walt-disney-family-museum-1-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"A visit to the Walt Disney Family Museum in the Presidio area of San Francisco, a model of Disneyland, and Mitchell GC #1048 with underwater housing used to film the underwater sequences in the 1954 film \u201c20,000 Leagues Under the Sea\u201d.\" class=\"wp-image-2309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/walt-disney-family-museum-1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/walt-disney-family-museum-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/walt-disney-family-museum-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/walt-disney-family-museum-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/walt-disney-family-museum-1.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/walt-disney-family-museum-2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"2310\" src=\"https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/walt-disney-family-museum-2-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"A Universal hand-cranked camera on an original Universal pan tilt head and tripod, a Pathe hand-cranked camera, and a Bell &amp; Howell 2709 camera.\" class=\"wp-image-2310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/walt-disney-family-museum-2-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/walt-disney-family-museum-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/walt-disney-family-museum-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/walt-disney-family-museum-2-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/walt-disney-family-museum-2.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/walt-disney-family-museum-3.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"2311\" src=\"https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/walt-disney-family-museum-3-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"An early Circarama camera rig composed of 11 Cine Kodak Special cameras, a predecessor to the Circle-Vision 360 camera.\" class=\"wp-image-2311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/walt-disney-family-museum-3-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/walt-disney-family-museum-3-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/walt-disney-family-museum-3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/walt-disney-family-museum-3-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/walt-disney-family-museum-3.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If you enjoy the Disney animated films and are interested in the personal and professional history of Walt Disney, Disneyland, and the movies that Walt Disney Studios made, this is a must-see, extremely well thought out collection of history and artifacts. Some of the most interesting pieces in their collection, to me at least, were the Technicolor three-strip camera that the studio modified to shoot the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sodium_vapor_process\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sodium vapor process<\/a>, the early <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Circle-Vision_360%C2%B0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Circarama<\/a> camera, the underwater Mitchell GC used to shoot sequences in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0046672\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201c20,000 Leagues Under the Sea\u201d<\/a> (1954), and of course, the piece de resistance, the Multiplane Animation Camera. The Multiplane camera in particular is such an amazing piece of engineering and fascinating to see in person. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/walt-disney-family-museum-4.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"2312\" src=\"https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/walt-disney-family-museum-4-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"A three-strip Technicolor Camera with the modified prism for use in the sodium vapor process.\" class=\"wp-image-2312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/walt-disney-family-museum-4-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/walt-disney-family-museum-4-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/walt-disney-family-museum-4-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/walt-disney-family-museum-4-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/walt-disney-family-museum-4.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/walt-disney-family-museum-5.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"2313\" src=\"https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/walt-disney-family-museum-5-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Walt Disney Studios Multiplane Animation Camera\" class=\"wp-image-2313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/walt-disney-family-museum-5-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/walt-disney-family-museum-5-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/walt-disney-family-museum-5-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/walt-disney-family-museum-5-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/walt-disney-family-museum-5.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/walt-disney-family-museum-6.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"2314\" src=\"https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/walt-disney-family-museum-6-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Walt Disney Studios Multiplane Animation Camera\" class=\"wp-image-2314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/walt-disney-family-museum-6-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/walt-disney-family-museum-6-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/walt-disney-family-museum-6-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/walt-disney-family-museum-6-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/walt-disney-family-museum-6.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After our time at the museum, we headed north west from the Presidio, across the Golden Gate Bridge, and to the Muir Woods National Monument, one of the loveliest places on earth. The road home took us far off the beaten path through several areas of the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space and Big Basin Redwood State Park. For those who have not visited the windy roads of this area along state highway 35, it is fantastic. And now we are back home and back to work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/walt-disney-family-museum-7-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"A view of the Golden Gate Bridge from Fort Point, three views of the giant redwoods in Muir Woods National Monument.\" class=\"wp-image-2315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/walt-disney-family-museum-7-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/walt-disney-family-museum-7-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/walt-disney-family-museum-7-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/walt-disney-family-museum-7-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/walt-disney-family-museum-7.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of my daughters had an event to attend in San Francisco, so I decided to take a few well earned days off and join her. The 400 plus mile drive up highway 101 was pleasant and uneventful. My wife and I visited relatives while our daughter went to her event, but the highlights of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2309,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,133],"tags":[243,241,92,242,119],"class_list":["post-2316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cameras","category-company-updates","tag-circarama","tag-disney","tag-mitchell-camera-co","tag-multiplane-camera","tag-technicolor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2316"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2316\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2317,"href":"https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2316\/revisions\/2317"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}