1950s short documentary films

Prowlers of the Everglades

Film Age rating: n/a Year: 1953 IMDB Rating: 7.6

Part of the "True-Life Adventure Series"; Disney filmmakers take their cameras to Florida, not to document the swamps that would become Walt Disney World, but to capture the lives of creatures in the...

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A House in Bayswater

Film Age rating: n/a Year: 1960 IMDB Rating: 7.3

A personal and nostalgic film about an apartment building in Bayswater, where Russell once lived, and about the residents who inhabited it. The building is demolished to make way for an unattractive a...

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Nature's Half Acre

Film Age rating: n/a Year: 1951 IMDB Rating: 7

The strange and wonderful world that lies beneath our feet, under leaf, log and rock, peopled by millions of weird and fascinating creatures. Released theatrically alongside Alice In Wonderland.

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Beaver Valley

Film Age rating: n/a Year: 1950 IMDB Rating: 7

Produced by Walt Disney as part of the "True-Life Adventures" series of nature documentaries (1948–60). The film depicts a young male beaver who must defend his new family against hungry predators, mi...

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The Olympic Elk

Film Age rating: n/a Year: 1952 IMDB Rating: 6.8

Part of the "True-Life Adventure Series"; The subject of this two-reel are the elk of Washington state's Olympic Peninsula. We see these deer learning to walk, climbing downhill in a herd, and braving...

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Water Birds

Film Age rating: n/a Year: 1952 IMDB Rating: 6.6

Water Birds is a 1952 short documentary film directed by Ben Sharpsteen. The film delves into the still waters of lagoons and marshes to the wild blue wilderness of the vast oceans, to experience the...

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