I left out some of the report as its just dry accounting statistics like the breakdown of $520 million in revenue. The first sections are filled with great color photos and concept art as shown below. If you’d like high-resolution views of the pages shown below you can download the whole set here:
Walt Disney Productions 1975 Annual Report (selected pages) – 56mb
A report from E. Cardon Walker has a major focus on Florida's EPCOT, the Courtyard of Nations and the International Village. There is some amazing concept are on the next few pages.
Some talk of the Tokyo Bay Project, fascinating World Bazaar Concept art.
I knew about Mineral King and the Country Bear association, but I’ve never heard of the “Independence Lake Project”, did this project suffer the same fate as Mineral King (as Card Walker states: “The trail and subsequent appeal could delay a final decision on the Mineral King project perhaps another three years).
The Disneyland year in review page. 53 million dollars in ticket and ride sales, dang! Exciting stuff with the new Space Mountain. And who can forget the fun of the big heads parade!
Walt Disney World kicked Disneyland’s rear in all sales, WOW! Talk about a cash cow. The grand opening of Space Mountain was really the grand opening of Tomorrowland, the place was pretty bare for this large addition.
Photos of the top executives that made WDP generate all that cash! WDP paid off all of its prior year’s debt in 1975 and all other indicators were looking up, up, up. If only we can get there again! Roy looks cool doesn’t he?
Come back tomorrow for Magazine Monday, it’s an odd one.
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