Action Center USA
Orlando (Fla.)
Sports--Florida
Tourism--Florida
An advertisement produced to showcase the advent of mid-century modernism in Orlando, Florida. The film depicts marketing strategies aimed at attracting white middle-to-upper class men in either military or defense technology engineering professions. It emphasizes the economic, cultural, and social changes taking place within Orlando that make it an ideal place to raise a family and to live a fulfilling life. The film also depicts developments and signs of growth that occurred in Orlando before the Walt Disney World Resort opened.
Original 14-minute and 28-second color film: <a href="https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/232384" target="_blank"><em>Action Center USA</em></a>. Directed by Grant Gravitt (Orlando, FL: Tel Air Interests, Inc.): <a href="http://dlis.dos.state.fl.us/index_Researchers.cfm" target="_blank">State Library and Archives of Florida</a>, Tallahassee, Florida.
video/mp4
eng
Moving Image
Cape Kennedy, Titusville, Florida
McCoy Air Force Base, Orlando, Florida
Orlando Public Library, Orlando, Florida
Central Florida Museum, Orlando, Florida
Loch Haven Art Center, Orlando, Florida
Winter Park, Florida
Colonial Plaza Mall, Orlando, Florida
Walt Disney Road Atlas for Cast Members
Walt Disney World (Fla.)--Maps
Amusement parks--Florida
Lake Buena Vista (Fla.)--Maps
Magic Kingdom (Fla.)
EPCOT Center (Fla.)--Maps
Cast Member Map of Walt Disney World from 1986, showing such locations as the Magic Kingdom, EPCOT Center, the future location of the Disney-MGM Studios, Fort Wilderness Campground, the Contemporary Resort, Lake Buena Vista Village, Walt Disney World Village, and the future location of Pleasure Island. This map was issued to all new employees around 1986. It was not for public/tourist use, as it lists all areas that are accessible by employees only. This includes employee parking areas, access roads as well as a map of the Magic Kingdom Tunnel complex, the underground corridors and rooms that the rest of the Magic Kingdom is built upon.
Original map, 1986: <a href="http://thewaltdisneycompany.com/" target="_blank">Walt Disney Company</a>: Private Collection of Thomas Cook.
<a href="http://thewaltdisneycompany.com/" target="_blank">Walt Disney Company</a>
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eng
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Walt Disney World Resort, Lake Buena Vista, Florida
Epcot Center, Lake Buena Vista, Florida
Disney's MGM Studios, Lake Buena Vista, Florida
Fort Wilderness Campground, Lake Buena Vista, Florida
Disney's Contemporary Resort, Lake Buena Vista, Florida
Lake Buena Vista Resort Village & Spa, Orlando, Florida
Downtown Disney Pleasure Island, Pleasure Island, Florida