[1] With vocational machine shop training, he moved to Los Angeles, California where he worked for companies such as Technicolor and Bell and Howell.

[1] He worked at General Service Studios with film industry pioneers including David O. Selznick and Charlie Chaplin.

Broggie's initial assignments included installing the multiplane camera at the new Burbank studio, working with Ub Iwerks on special effects.

Broggie is credited with supervising the building of the Lilly Belle, a one-eighth scale miniature working live steam locomotive named for Disney's wife, Lillian.

[3] He and his machine shop coworkers developed the first fully functioning Audio-Animatronic human figure in the form of a seated Abraham Lincoln in 1963.