A Walk Around Carolwood. Walt Disney's House 1998
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- Digital transfer of my 1998 8mm video recording made while walking around the Disney property shortly after Lillian Disney passed away. It was my first visit and the first time seeing the barn that would soon be moved to Griffith park. It's shaky, raw and unprofessional, but hopefully interesting. It is definitely one thing, rare; nobody has seen this video in 20 years. I only recently opened my video vault (shoebox) to digitally transfer this stuff.
I truly wish the Disney Company purchased the property so that I could have been a museum, maybe they could have rebuilt the railway line. Instead it was demolished to build a mega mansion. Such a shame and such a loss. But thank you for such a lovely video and a last look at a legend that was Walt Disney.
First of all, THANK YOU for filming this. We often see things that we think will be there forever, then next year they're gone. Also, what a treat to see a house that's ( I assume ) pretty much as Lillian kept it. You probably saw things just about the same as when Walt left it. Great job on showing the paths, tunnels and the narration to let us know when you were on a former set of tracks.
Excellent! This is truly mind blowing video! How great is this since the rail road's been bulldozed! And the home was razed. I am absolutely ecstatic that you posted this. What a gem!
Thank you for posting this, Steve. It is amazingly fascinating, melancholy and satisfying all at the same time. Thank you for having the foresight to video this.
Why wasn’t this significantly special historical house preserved? It seems to me this house was sold right after Mrs. Lillian Marie Disney passed, what a shame. The Disney family should have kept this house, then passed it down for generations to come. I’m sure if they left the train setup as is, the The Carolwood Society would have loved to have Walt’s train in it’s original setting? What an attraction it would have made. Thanks for the video
Wow!!! I never knew this video existed! Going through the tour of the other Home video and researching history it was mentioned that the last Home Walt Disney owned was demolished….Compared to both places ….The first Home was more nostalgic and this one was dated for that period of time ….But the property and garden was beyond amazing ….I can’t believe they destroyed it 😪.. One day I’m going to go to the Walt Disney museum in San Francisco 🥰
I truly wish this was still there for all to enjoy!! I wish the railroad had survived as well, would have loved to have seen it since Walt’s love for trains had sparked the same love for my son and I. My son and I are in the same gauge hobby! I understand today that only the tunnel portal survives, since the entire property was completely redone and a mansion put on it.
Very sad, I truly wish it could have been saved.
Thank you so much for sharing this rare opportunity
its great to see where part of the track went around Walt's garden.
Thank you for posting this video. I love it. In October 2019 I visited the Walt Disney home in woking way los Feliz. It was a magical experience. I was so fascinated
Thank you for this video! I got to meet your dad, Michael at an Unmeeting in WDW a few years ago and ride the Roger Broggie train with him. It was a real thrill to chat and talk to him about his ride in the car with Walt to Disneyland while it was being constructed.
I have a plaque with a roof shingle from the original barn, apparently they weren’t fire proof and had to be replaced, along with an Accucraft Lilly Belle, both of which are cherished items.
It's a shame that all of that property was demolished a year later by the new owner. I'll bet the inside was as amazing as the gardens.
Thank you for sharing this beautiful piece of history!
Steve, Thank you for sharing this. I thought I seen every view from years ago having to do with the CPRR. Always wondered what happened to the bridges and tunnel. They were still there after all those years. Oh how I wished I could have walked on the same ground that Walt did. Hope to see more of anything you do in the future. I have your Dads book and that is the best book I have ever seen. It was so well done. Again, Thank you and stay safe.
Thank you for filming and sharing this. Amazing property
"a model for something" (at 20:15)? Appears to be an early architectural model of Walt Disney Concert Hall!
Yup. Never to be seen again, unfortunately.
Hi Steve! you said there was a film crew there to document the house. Do you know if they ever released the footage?
Seen 6/29/2020
This is the original home and grounds of the late Walt Disney and Mrs. Lillian Disney - Truyens . 355 Carolwood Drive, Holmby Hills. * In early 2000s a new home was built on site.
Benjamin Hahn , Retired
Beverly Hills CA
Steve, I met you at a train event at Union station years ago, I believe you were showcasing you books... Just the other day, (4-27-32) I was perusing through a collection of business cards, and found a card you gave me, so I decided to explore what you represent, and the Carolwood Historic Society. I wish I had looked into this sooner, as a train buff I didn't know what I was missing!
Steve, while it's sad that the video quality is not better, it is very obvious that you did the best you could with the time and the handheld camera you had available to record the amazing location that once was Walt Disney's personal residence. Given the circumstances, your video is a gem! It is an invaluable piece of history and Americana, and as far as I can tell you are solely responsible for having the foresight to record this precious record. Have you any idea if Pentrex Publishers or anyone else, including the Disney family, shot any professional level film or video coverage of the Disney estate, following Lillian's death, before it was destroyed?
Thank you for your kind comment. I have no idea right now as to the disposition of the footage Pentrex shot. I'm going to look into it and will update if and when I find out.
@@sbroggie you're welcome, and thank you very much for looking into it. BTW -- to any discerning Disney aficionado, what a great legacy the Broggie family name represents!
@@sbroggie I also want to mention I purchased "Walt Disney's Railroad Story" (which I understand your father Michael wrote) and it's a fantastic read.
Starting at about 14 minutes and 20 seconds the sound of your feet walking on the rocks sounds like a chugging train and it’s very cool
At least Ward Kimball s house is still standing. Even the train House is still Thier
Amazing!!!!
you should do a real digital transfer
I will soon.
Who are you and why did you get the privilege of accessing the property? You keep saying grandpa in the video.. is Walt your grandfather?
I can’t understand why the Disney family didn’t keep this home?? It had such a history.. they lived there for so many years. How could they sell it?
We were touring the property because my father Michael Broggie was tasked by Diane Disney Miller to facilitate the move of Walt's Barn after Lillian's death. Also we had Pentrex Publishers with us to assist in documenting the property and film it. The family decided to sell the property because the house had "issues", probably dry rot and termites and it was their decision, period. Sure it would have been awesome to maintain it, and maybe even restore the CPRR but that wasn't in the cards. Along with the Disney property, the new owners bought the two adjoining properties and demolished them as well to build the super mansion that stands there now. My grandfather was Roger Broggie Sr who is widely regarded as the first Imagineer and was a regular here at the house when the Carolwood Pacific was active. The only remaining features of the original property are the front gate, with all its hidden Mickeys and the Rorex tunnel.
@@sbroggie I just read Bob Gurr’s story about your grandfather on MiceChat. He sounded like an incredible man!
@@sbroggie I have your fathers wonderful book of Disney’s railroad story.
Also was an animator at Disney thru the 90’s and a live steamer.
Sadly the tradition of animators and live steam trains doesn’t seem to have carried on with other modern day animators.
Thanks for sharing the vid of the property. I’m glad they did at least save his barn and moved it to the LA live steamers site.
@@sbroggie I understand that Walt didn't dismatle the Carolwood Pacific right after he retired his little steam locomotive the Lily Belle.
I understand the track was not lifted until a few years before Walt Disney passed away. I understand that Walt stopped running his beautiful little steam engine due to a bad accident during which a little girl got burned from escaping steam. because a guest engineer had gone too fast around a sharp bend in the track. derailing the Lily Belle
0:20 omg did you see Walt in the window?!?!
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