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Original image of a Disneyland Press Preview Pass
TV personality Art Linkletter emceeing the broadcast with visitors
Walt Disney standing with Fred Gurley, Goodwin J. Knight in front of the E.P. Ripley train
Governor Knight speaking in front of Disneyland Park Opening Day crowds
Members of the U.S. Armed Forces raise the American flag
Walt Disney giving a speech in front of the Opening Day crowd
Fess Parker as Davy Crockett leading the parade at Disneyland's Town Square
Native American performers in DIsneyland's Indian Village
Imagineer Bob Gurr and actor Don DeFore in an Autopia attraction
Parade in Disneyland's Tomorrowland
A man dressed as an astronaut in front of Bub Gurr in an Autopia car
Men dressed as knights leading the Fantasyland portion of the Opening Day parade down Main Street U.S.A.
Mouseketeers in the Disneyland Opening Day parade
Ronald Regan co-hosting the television viewing of Disneyland Opening Day parade
Frontierland dancers performing a number to "Old Betsy"
Mouseketeers in Fantasyland in the middle of their first television performance
Knights standing in front of the Sleeping Beauty Castle
Children in Disneyland's Fantasyland
children running toward the Sleeping Beauty Castle
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