With over a thousand U.S. patents to his name, Edison's famous breakthroughs are just the beginning.
Plans for Disneyland's 160-acre building site called for 5,000 cubic yards of concrete and one million square feet of asphalt pathways.
Walt Disney gathered a small group of artists to develop his next big idea: an amusement park called Disneyland.
On May 19, 1941, nearly half of Walt Disney's art department walked out to protest the studio.
Walt Disney insisted the staff call him "Walt," and brought in experts from prestigious art schools to teach classes to his animators.
Walt Disney's Bambi was released in August of 1942 and stood out as the most ambitious feature-length film in the history of the studio.
What Walt Disney was proposing for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs had never been done before.
In its first year, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs grossed $8 million.
Walt Disney gathered his animators and studio staff together and told them of his newest idea.
The premiere of Steamboat Willie blows audiences away with its innovative use of sound. Mickey Mouse soon becomes a phenomenon.
Walt Disney had to come up with something "new and clever in animated cartoons" to save his Laugh-O-grams company.
Walt Disney was aware of the gap between himself and the persona he had created for public consumption.
