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The Best of Walt Disney's True Life Adventures

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Director
  
James Algar

Narrated by
  
Winston Hibler

Producer
  
Ben Sharpsteen

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Directed by
  
James Algar

Running time
  
1h 29m

Production company
  
The Walt Disney Company

Produced by
  
Ben SharpsteenJames Algar

Written by
  
James AlgarWinston HiblerTed Sears

Music by
  
Paul SmithOliver WallaceBuddy Baker

Cinematography
  
Alfred G. MilotteElma MilotteN. Paul Kenworthy, Jr.Robert H. CrandallHugh A. WilmarJames R. SimonHerb and Lois CrislerTom McHughJack C. Couffer

Edited by
  
Norman PalmerLloyd L. RichardsonAnthony GerardGregg McLaughlinGordon Brenner

Music director
  
Oliver Wallace, Paul Smith, Buddy Baker

Similar
  
Seal Island, Amy, The African Lion, Secrets of Life, Jungle Cat

The Best of Walt Disney's True-Life Adventures is a 1975 American compilation documentary film produced by Walt Disney Productions, directed by James Algar and released by Buena Vista Distribution on October 8, 1975. The film is composed of highlights from the Academy Award winning True-Life Adventures series of 13 feature length and short subject nature documentary films produced between 1948 and 1960.

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Synopsis

The film opens with a salute to Walt Disney, a pioneer of nature films and animal lover, followed by a compilation of excerpted segments from the True-Life Adventures film series showcasing animals of all kinds depicted in dramatic, fascinating moments of habitats from the American prairie to the North American desert, to Africa, the Amazon jungle and to the Arctic.

  • Seal Island (1948)
  • Beaver Valley (1950)
  • Nature's Half Acre (1951)
  • The Olympic Elk (1952)
  • Water Birds (1952)
  • Bear Country (1953)
  • Prowlers of the Everglades (1953)
  • The Living Desert (1953)
  • The Vanishing Prairie (1954)
  • The African Lion (1955)
  • Secrets of Life (1956)
  • White Wilderness (1958)
  • Jungle Cat (1960)

    • Cast

  • Winston Hibler as Narrator

    • Home media

    The Best of Walt Disney's True-Life Adventures was released only on VHS in the United Kingdom in the 1980s and has long been out of print. To date, it has never been released on any physical format in the United States by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment. The film is available as a digital download on Amazon Video, YouTube, Disney Movies Anywhere and iTunes.

    References

    The Best of Walt Disney's True-Life Adventures Wikipedia
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