Water Birds (1952)

Directed by

Ben Sharpsteen

Genre

nature documentary

Country

United States

Runtime

31 min

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 17 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A short documentary from the 1950s shows many kinds of water birds in their natural habitats. It was part of a series produced by Walt Disney and won an Academy Award.

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What happens

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. The film was produced by Walt Disney as part of the True-Life Adventures series of nature documentaries. It was shot in Technicolor by more than a dozen camera operators and was created in cooperation with the National Audubon Society and the Denver Museum of Natural History. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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