A short version of the famous documentary of the Kon-Tiki Expedition in 1947. Thor Heyerdahl, together with 5 friends, built a replica of an ancient Peruvian balsa-log raft and sailed from Callao, Peru, to Raroia in the Tuamotus.
The film won Oscar for best documentary feature in 1951.
Join us on Historyland to learn about one of the most important Disney attractions, that paved the way for animatronics, even to this day! Learn the history of everyone's favorite: The Enchanted Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki Room!
Disney Legend and Retired Walt Disney Imagineer Rolly Crump talks about how he and a team of Imagineers created Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room. http://di.sn/60067jgr
In the world of Tiki, one name has always stood out, Oceanic Arts. Founded in 1956 by Bob Van Oosting and LeRoy Schmaltz, the pair took a 37,000 mile trip throughout Polynesia and greater Oceania to bring an unparalleled level of authenticity to their work that led to their shop becoming the...
Olav Heyerdahl had heard the stories of his grandfather, of how he crossed the Pacific in 1947 on a primitive tiny raft called the Kon-Tiki was the name of a tiny balsa-wood raft, constructed by Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl.
IN THEATRES APRIL 2017 In 1947, the world is gripped with...
[PART 2 of 2] U.K TV documentary looking at the explosion of "Tiki Culture" & Exotica in 1950s American pop culture. It contains a short segment on Martin Denny & Exotica music. It also looks at how this style influenced arts, design, leisure, architecture etc, as well as a look inside a huge...
[PART 1 of 2] U.K TV documentary looking at the explosion of "Tiki Culture" & Exotica in 1950s American pop culture. It contains a short segment on Martin Denny & Exotica music. It also looks at how this style influenced arts, design, leisure, architecture etc, as well as a look inside a huge...
Pan Am (Pan American Airlines) promotional documentary film series New Horizons, produced during the late 1960s or early 1970s, advertised the various destinations serviced by the U.S. commercial airlines. In New Horizons: Hawaii, Pan Am highlights the numerous attractions found in the United...