James Algar Movies

Bear Country is a 1953 American short documentary film directed by James Algar. It won an Academy Award at the 26th Academy Awards in 1954 for Best...

The strange and wonderful world that lies beneath our feet, under leaf, log and rock, peopled by millions of weird and fascinating creatures....

Seal Island is a 1948 American documentary film directed by James Algar. It won an Academy Award in 1949 for Best Short Subject (Two-Reel).

A young boy gets along better with the animals he befriends around his family's Canadian farm than with the people he lives with.

Join the majestic Olympic elk as they traverse the alpine path from their winter home in the lowland shadow of Washington's Mount Olympus, to the...

A boy, Leroy McClaren, trains a wild dog to hunt the cougar that has been threatening the family.

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

Animals of all kinds are filmed in different moments of habitat.

This short covers some of the wildlife (predominently birds) on four islands-the Galapagos, Guadelupe, Falklands and an island in the Midway chain....

"The Best Doggoned Dog in the World" is an episode of Disneyland which aired on November 20, 1957. It was directed by Robert Stevenson and Larry...

A look at the people that shot the footage for Disney's True-Life Adventures.

Oscar Winning short documentary

Flush riveting is a way of connecting two pieces of sheet metal together, using rivets whose heads do not protrude above the surface of the metal. In...

With examples from Disney feature-length films, Walt Disney gives a behind-the-scenes look at the improvements in animation made by his studio's...

The comparison of two rural families to demonstrate the need for proper hygiene and the consequences of its neglect.

A coyote tries to escape the encroachment of man onto his territory and is befriended by the wife of a couple monitoring the environment for the...

Marketing film for Walt Disney World showing the creation of the new theme park, with footage of WED designers at work, actual construction, scale...

The first half covers the initial construction of Disneyland, followed by Nature's Half Acre during the second half.

Penny is a teenage horse trainer with a very special dream of becoming a jockey. She picks Woodhill to compete in the upcoming Bluegrass Special;...