Water Birds

Water Birds is a 1952 American short documentary film directed by Ben Sharpsteen. In 1953, it won an Oscar for Best Short Subject (Two-Reel) at the 25th Academy Awards.[1] The film was produced by Walt Disney as part of the True-Life Adventures series of nature documentaries.[2] It was shot in Technicolor by more than a dozen cameramen and was created in cooperation with the National Audubon Society and the Denver Museum of Natural History.[3]

Water Birds
Film poster
Directed byBen Sharpsteen
Produced byWalt Disney
Written byWinston Hibler
Ted Sears
William Otis
Narrated byWinston Hibler
Music byPaul Smith
Edited byNorman R. Palmer
Production
company
Distributed byRKO Radio Pictures
Release date
  • July 14, 1952 (1952-07-14)
Running time
30 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Cast

References

  1. "The 25th Academy Awards (1953) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved August 20, 2011.
  2. Cynthia Chris (2006). Watching Wildlife. University of Minnesota Press. p. 29. ISBN 0-8166-4547-7.
  3. ""The Story of Robin Hood" (1952)". The New York Times. June 27, 1952. Archived from the original on July 12, 2012. Retrieved October 25, 2009.
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