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True life adventures. Volume 1: 1975-1976, Wonders of the world.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: 51114 | Walt Disney Home EntertainmentSeries: Walt Disney's legacy collectionPublication details: Burbank, CA : Walt Disney Home Entertainment : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 2006.Description: 2 videodiscs (approximately 318 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheetContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
ISBN:
  • 0788870165
  • 9780788870163
Other title:
  • Wonders of the world
Uniform titles:
  • True life adventures (Television program)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 591.5 22
LOC classification:
  • QL751 .T78 2006
Contents:
Introduction by Roy Disney -- White wilderness / producer, Ben Sharpsteen ; written and directed by James Algar ; narrator, Winston Hibler-- Water birds / director, Ben Sharpsteen ; script by Winsotn Hibler, Ted Sears, William Otis ; narrator, Winston Hibler -- Beaver valley / director, James Algar ; script by Lawrence Edward Latkin, Ted Sears ; narrator, Winston Hibler -- Prowlers of the Everglades / written and directed by James Algar ; narrator, Winston Hibler.
Awards:
  • White wilderness: Academy Award for Best Documentary, Feature (Ben Sharpsteen)
  • Beaver Valley: Academy Award for Best Short Subject, Two-Reel (Walt Disney)
  • Water Birds: Academy Award for Best Short Subject, Two-Reel (Walt Disney)
Summary: White Wilderness shows the habits and physical characteristics of the wolves, polar bear, ringed seal and white whale. Follows the migration of lemmings as they pursue a course of destruction by swimming far out into the open sea. Pictures habits of Arctic birds and large animals such as the musk ox, reindeer, wolverine, and caribou. Water Birds is a study of a great variety of water birds that abound in the United States. Explains how nature has adapted the birds to meet problems of survival. Beaver Valley is a study of the life of a group of birds and animals inhabiting the region of a beaver pond. Pictures the beaver as the leading citizen of the community and shows his construction of a sturdy dam, his mating customs, feeding habits, and prepartations for winter. Prowlers of the Everglades is a study of the wild life of the Florida Everglades. Describes the habits of the many birds found in the swamplands and explains that the alligator rules over the area, devouring all varieties of wild life with impartiality.
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Video Recording Carleton University, AVRC SP456 - Collections Room DVD 1175 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 16050123136

Title from container.

DVD release of episodes of the Disney television program True life adventures originally braodcast 1975-1976.

Bonus features: Mysteries of the deep ; Wonders of the water worlds ; the Crisler story ; backstage with Roy Disney at Disney's Animal Kingdom: birds ; Tribute to James Algar ; filmmakers' journal ; collector's corner ; original theatrical trailers.

Introduction by Roy Disney -- White wilderness / producer, Ben Sharpsteen ; written and directed by James Algar ; narrator, Winston Hibler-- Water birds / director, Ben Sharpsteen ; script by Winsotn Hibler, Ted Sears, William Otis ; narrator, Winston Hibler -- Beaver valley / director, James Algar ; script by Lawrence Edward Latkin, Ted Sears ; narrator, Winston Hibler -- Prowlers of the Everglades / written and directed by James Algar ; narrator, Winston Hibler.

Not rated.

DVD ; Region 1 ; full screen presentation ; Dolby Digital mono.

Closed-captioned.

White wilderness: Academy Award for Best Documentary, Feature (Ben Sharpsteen)

Beaver Valley: Academy Award for Best Short Subject, Two-Reel (Walt Disney)

Water Birds: Academy Award for Best Short Subject, Two-Reel (Walt Disney)

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