How Did Walt Disney Impact The World

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Ahhh!! Weeeeee!! Whooooo!! These are the sounds of happy children screaming while riding one of Disney’s rides at Disneyland. All through the years, Walter Elias Disney made favorable cartoons. Along the way, he made Mickey Mouse which is mostly everyone’s favorite character. Walt Disney Productions is one of the major entertainment businesses. Walt Disney was known as the greatest American producer and cartoonist producing films and creating characters such as Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and Dumbo. Walt Disney impacted the world by making film productions and inspiring children. He also created Disneyland for children to enjoy and have fun. Walt Disney had an amazing childhood. He was born on December 5, 1901, in Hermosa, Chicago. His father was Elias Disney, an Irish Canadian, and his mother was Flora Disney, an German-American. Walt Disney is one of the 5 children, four boys and one girl. He lived majority of his childhood in Marceline, Missouri, while he was there he began drawing, painting, and selling pictures. Walt’s family moved to Kansas City, where Disney developed a love of trains. Walt would work a summer job with the railroad, selling snacks and newspaper to travelers. Disney attended Mckinley high school in Chicago, he was also the cartoonist for his school paper. He took …show more content…
He was also noted as a film producer and a popular showman. In 1878, Walt Disney’s father, Elias Disney had moved from Huron County, Ontario, Canada to the U.S.A. When Walt was 4, Elias and family moved to a farm in Marceline, Missouri. One of his family neighbors was paying him to draw pictures of Sherwood’s horse, the horse’s name was Rupert. When Roy and Walt hear the train whistle, they would run to a clearing of high ground. Walt attended the new park school of Marceline in fall, 1909. He also started school together with his younger sister,

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