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True life adventures. Volume 2: 1975-1976, Lands of exploration.

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Material type: Film

FilmPublisher number: 51115 | 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 298 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheetContent type:

two-dimensional moving image

Media type:

video

Carrier type:

videodisc

ISBN:

0788870181
9780788870187

Other title:

Lands of exploration

Uniform titles:

True life adventures (Television program)

Subject(s):

Genre/Form: DDC classification:

591.5 22

LOC classification:

QL751 .T78 2006

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Contents:

Introduction by Roy Disney -- Living desert / director, James Algar ; script, James Algar, Winston Hibler, Ted Sears ; narrator, Winston Hibler -- Vanishing prairie / director, James Algar ; script, James Algar, Winston Hibler, Ted Sears ; narrator, Winston Hibler -- Seal Island / director, James Algar ; narrator, Winston Hibler.

Production credits:

Director, James Algar.

Summary: The Living Desert is a study of plant and animal life in the arid plain which stretches from Oregon to Mexico and from California to Texas. Includes scenes of a death struggle between a hawk and a rattlesnake, an encounter between a bobcat and wild pigs, a contest between two male turtles for the favor of a female, and the courtship dance of a pair of scorpions. Also shows a time-lapse sequence of desert flowers coming into bloom. The Vanishing Prairie presents information about the area between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains. In addiition to exploration of animal life, historical concepts about American Indians and early pioneer settlements are included. Seal Island presents the spring return of the animal inhabitants to the Pribilof Islands of Alaska. Mainly focuses on the fur-bearing seals, including formation of harems and the raising of pups.

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Video Recording	Carleton University, AVRC	SP456 - Collections Room	DVD-02745 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		16050275645

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DVD release of episodes of the Disney television program True life adventurers originally broadcast 1975-1976.

Bonus features: Islands of the sea ; Nature's strangest creatures ; Prairie ; behind the true-life cameras ; backstage with Roy Disney at Disney's Animal kingdom: desert insects; snakes ; filmmakers' journal ; collectors' corner ; trailers & promos.

Not rated.

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

System requirements: Multimedia PC with Windows.

Closed-captioned.

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