People and Places—Tiburon, Sardinia, Morocco, Icebreakers (television)
People and Places—Tiburon, Sardinia, Morocco, Icebreakers (television) Television show; aired on October 5, 1955. Directed by Winston Hibler. Segments featuring three People and Places films and one that was never completed—Tiburon, an island in the Gulf of California inhabited by a tribe of Indians.
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People of the Desert (television) Television show; aired on April 10, 1957. Includes Navajo Adventure and The Blue Men of Morocco.
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People Like Us (film)
People Like Us (film) A DreamWorks film distributed by Disney. A fast-talking salesman, Sam, has his latest deal collapse on the day he learns that his father has suddenly died. Against his wishes, Sam is called home, where he must put his father’s estate in order and reconnect with his estranged family. In the course …
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Penny Arcade
Penny Arcade Attraction on Main Street at Disneyland; began July 17, 1955. Themed to Main Street’s era, the arcade features antique Mutoscopes and Cail-o-Scopes, along with more modern video games. Also on Main Street in Magic Kingdom Park at Walt Disney World and at Tokyo Disneyland. The latter was open from October 1, 1971, until …
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People and Places
People and Places Series of 17 travelogue featurettes released from 1953 to 1960 (The Alaskan Eskimo, Siam, Switzerland, Men Against the Arctic, Sardinia, Disneyland U.S.A., Samoa, The Blue Men of Morocco, Lapland, Portugal, Wales, Scotland, Ama Girls, Seven Cities of Antarctica, Cruise of the Eagle, Japan, The Danube). Three of the films (The Alaskan Eskimo, …
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Pennsylvania Miners’ Story, The (television)
Pennsylvania Miners’ Story, The (television) Two-hour television movie; aired on ABC on November 24, 2002. Based on the summer 2002 rescue of nine coal miners at Quecreek mine, after they had been trapped for 77 hours underground. Directed by David Frankel. Stars Graham Beckel (Randy Fogle), Michael Bowen (Robert Pugh), Tom Bower (John Unger), Dylan …
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Pélisson, Gilles He was named chairman of Euro Disney in February 1997; he had joined the company as executive vice president in July 1995, and was elevated to president in February 1996, serving in that post until leaving the company in April 2000.
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Pelican and the Snipe, The (film)
Pelican and the Snipe, The (film) Special cartoon; released on January 7, 1944. Directed by Hamilton Luske. Vidi, the snipe, tries to stop his pelican friend, Monte, from sleepwalking, which puts him in danger of being killed. But Monte ends up rescuing Vidi in a bombing raid. The film was originally meant to be part …
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