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The Walt Disney Studios, located in Burbank, California, United States, serves as the corporate headquarters for the Walt Disney Company. The 51-acre (20.6 ha) studio lot also contains several sound stages , a backlot , and other filmmaking production facilities for Walt Disney Studios 's motion picture production.
The Walt Disney Archives is the corporate archive for The Walt Disney Company.Established in 1970 by Dave Smith, the Walt Disney Archives is the official repository for Disney's history—which includes everything from corporate files to photographs, movie props and costumes, consumer products, and assets from Disney's theme parks.
Walt Disney Studios (Burbank), a film studio and business complex in Burbank, California, United States built in 1939 and as the corporate headquarters for The Walt Disney Company. Walt Disney Studio (1926–1929), the second name of The Walt Disney Company; Walt Disney Animation Studios, the main animation division of The Walt Disney Company
In 1959, driven by concern that the ranches of other movie studios were gradually being subdivided, Disney purchased the 315-acre (1.27 km 2) ranch. During the next five years, the Walt Disney Studios also bought additional land which increased the size of the property to 691 acres (2.80 km 2 ).
In October 2007, NBC announced plans to move most of its operations from Burbank to a new complex across the street from Universal Studios in Universal City. [11] It would retain offices at the Burbank site until May 2013, though the studio complex was sold to Catalina/Worthe Real Estate Group in 2008, with NBCUniversal leasing space until 2013.
Walt Disney, Inc. (WDI) was formed by Walt Disney on December 16, 1952, with an engineering division tasked with designing Disneyland. [5] [6] In light of objections from his brother Roy as well as those of potential stockholders, WDI was renamed WED Enterprises in 1953 based on Disney's initials.
Burbank saw its first real civil strife as the culmination of a six-month labor dispute between the set decorators union and the studios resulted in the Battle of Burbank on October 5, 1945, a confrontation that led to the largest wave of strikes in American history. For six months, the union had been negotiating for better pay and working ...
Dumbo was the first Disney animated film to be completed at the original Animation Building of the Walt Disney Studios (Walt Disney Productions) in Burbank, California. In August 1942, Bambi was released and, as with Pinocchio and Fantasia, did not perform well at the box office. Out of its $1.7 million budget, it grossed $1.64 million. [66]