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Business Movers

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History, Business, Entrepreneurship

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 28 January 2021

⏱️ 36 minutes

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On the next episode of Business Movers: In the aftermath of Walt’s death, Roy Disney fights to fulfil his brother’s legacy and carry Project Future over the finish line. To get the job done, Roy will have to run the gauntlet of Florida politics, labor troubles, and his own declining health.

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0:00.0	It's early
0:15.0	early 1967 at the Orlando office of a powerful Florida legislature,
0:20.0	Senator Bob Elrod.
0:22.0	Elrod is a busy man.
0:24.0	Right now, he's sitting at a clutter desk staring across a mountain of paperwork
0:28.0	at a neatly dressed lawyer with dark slick back hair.
0:32.0	Disney rep and former World War II spy Paul Hellwell.
0:36.0	People are concerned, Paul.
0:37.5	I'm concerned.
0:38.5	Rest assured, Senator.
0:39.6	The plan hasn't changed.
0:41.6	We're all broken up about Mr. Disney, but it's a fair question to ask
0:45.4	can there really be a Walt Disney world without Walt Disney?
0:49.6	Walt died a few weeks back, but for Paul Hellowel and the Project Future team, the work never stopped.
0:56.0	Walt's brother Roy made sure of that. Roy sent Paul Hellowel to Orlando with a sole mission
1:02.0	to make sure the Florida legislators understand that Project
1:05.6	Future is still a go.
1:07.8	Let me assure you.
1:08.8	Roy has taken full control of the project.
1:11.5	With all due respect, Roy is a fine fine man but he's not his brother and
1:14.8	Roy knows that. He's sticking to Walt's plan and he's instructed everyone at
1:19.3	Disney to do their jobs just as Walt would have wanted his exact words. Roy's given me his
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