By Keith Mahne

The world premiere of Walt Disney's Mary Poppins took place on a warm summer night in August of 1964 at the world famous Grauman's Chinese Theatre. The glamorous premiere was broadcast live on local Los Angeles television along with a separate live radio broadcast of all the opening night festivities. The complete recordings for these two broadcasts are not known to exist. However, a variety of film and sound elements from that special night were recently discovered in Disney vaults spanning two continents. The surviving film clips you are about to see are a mix of color and black and white. For the first time, the recordings have been cut together and matched as close as possible to recreate the excitement of that gala premiere. Let's return to the summer of 1964 and join in on the excitement of Walt Disney's most incredible film as we visit the world premiere of Mary Poppins...

By Keith Mahne

It's Monday again and that can only mean one thing...it's time for another Motion Monday article! This week we'll take a look back at when Mary Poppins became a member of the Disneyland family of characters. Walt Disney was a huge fan of the Mary Poppins character. In the Disneyland Tenth Anniversary Show (1965) he stated “From now on no Disneyland Celebration is going to be complete without Mary Poppins.” Have a look as Mary makes her entrance after the page break...