Historic Disney Photo: Walt Disney and head of rocket program

A variety of people have worked with Walt Disney over the yeas. Dr. Werhner von Braun who built the V2 rocket for Germany and after World War II came to the U.S. and worked for the U.S. government, was also a Disney employee for a short time.

In the1950's, von Braun worked with Disney Studio as a technical director, making three films about space exploration for television.

Here is a photo of Disney and von Braun in 1954, when von Braun was Chief, Guided Missile Development Operation Division at Army Ballistic Missile Agency (ABMA) in Redstone Arsenal, Alabama.

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