Behind the True-Life Cameras/The Olympic Elk Trailer
James Algar (June 11, 1912 – February 26, 1998) was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. He worked at Walt Disney Productions for 43 years and received the Disney Legends award in 1998. He was born in Modesto, California and died in Carmel, California.
Total trailers found: 56
14 January 1938
A beautiful girl, Snow White, takes refuge in the forest in the house of seven dwarfs to hide from her stepmother, the wicked Queen.
14 August 1942
Bambi's tale unfolds from season to season as the young prince of the forest learns about life, love, and friends.
13 November 1940
Walt Disney's timeless masterpiece is an extravaganza of sight and sound! See the music come to life, hear the pictures burst into song and experience the excitement that is Fantasia over and over again.
10 May 1949
This animated fairy tale for kids tells the classic story of a dapper, automobile loving fellow named Mr.
27 February 1957
A look at the people that shot the footage for Disney's True-Life Adventures.
01 January 2000
Blending lively music and brilliant animation, this sequel to the original 'Fantasia' restores 'The Sorcerer's Apprentice' and adds seven new shorts.
14 September 1955
Part of Disney's True-Life Adventures series, this film focuses on the lives of lions in Africa.
05 October 1949
The Wind in the Willows: Concise version of Kenneth Grahame's story of the same name. J. Thaddeus Toad, owner of Toad Hall, is prone to fads, such as the newfangled motor car.
10 August 1960
This final True-Life Adventure would also appear to be one of the best, as we go into the South American jungle to observe the jaguar.
19 July 1950
Produced by Walt Disney as part of the "True-Life Adventures" series of nature documentaries (1948–60).
13 February 1952
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 fertile grazing grounds of its towering peaks.
13 February 1957
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 in-house training and research that studied real-life motion and made technical innovations.
12 March 1978
Two men taking horses to market run afoul of angry sheep herders and are hampered by a lack of water for the horses.
23 July 1953
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 everglades.
16 March 1960
This short covers some of the wildlife (predominently birds) on four islands-the Galapagos, Guadelupe, Falklands and an island in the Midway chain.
14 September 1975
A young boy gets along better with the animals he befriends around his family's Canadian farm than with the people he lives with.
11 June 1969
A comedy filled with tenderness as a baby raccoon snuggles his way into the life of a lonely boy. He becomes the boy's only companion during his father's frequent absences.
11 June 1945
Animated short documentary film made to advance the cause of a balanced diet for the benefit of the public health and for the advancement of the American war effort.
21 December 1948
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).
05 February 1953
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 Short Subject (Two-Reel).
10 November 1953
Although first glance reveals little more than stones and sand, the desert is alive. Witness moving rocks, spitting mud pots, gorgeous flowers and the never-ending battle for survival between desert creatures of every shape, size and description.
08 October 1975
Animals of all kinds are filmed in different moments of habitat.
28 July 1951
The strange and wonderful world that lies beneath our feet, under leaf, log and rock, peopled by millions of weird and fascinating creatures.
07 November 1962
You'll be captivated as you track the legendary Lobo through an amazing Southwest adventure. Our story begins with Lobo as an adorable wolf cub and follows his growth into a fearless and majestic leader of the pack.
29 June 1945
The comparison of two rural families to demonstrate the need for proper hygiene and the consequences of its neglect.
30 January 1957
Walt shows off some magic tricks with the studio props and then turns the show over to the Slave in the Magic Mirror, who hosts a look at some magic-themed cartoons.
31 January 1971
Marketing film for Walt Disney World showing the creation of the new theme park, with footage of WED designers at work, actual construction, scale models, the Preview Center, and Walt Disney discussing his hopes for the project from an earlier 1966 film.
22 May 1977
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; Woodhill is a beautiful race horse with a bad reputation who threw and injured his rider during a race in Tijuana.
08 November 1964
Depicts the animal life, including ospreys, otters, beavers, and others, in a small area near the Grand Teton Mountains.
19 July 1967
An eccentric millionaire and his grandchildren are embroiled in the plights of some forest gnomes who are searching for the rest of their tribe.
09 January 1972
A boy learns the duties of a shepherd from his idol, the ranch foreman, high in the Colorado mountains.
20 November 1963
The story of three pets, a cat and two dogs, who lose their owners when they are all on vacation. Can they find their way home?
06 October 1974
A boy, Leroy McClaren, trains a wild dog to hunt the cougar that has been threatening the family.
16 October 1960
The first half is a salute to John Wesley Powell, the first man to explore the Colorado River. Walt Disney presents a behind-the-scenes look at the filming of Ten Who Dared on the same waters.
20 November 1957
"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 Lansburgh.
20 February 1972
A young fox unexpectedly finds himself in San Francisco, where, after many misadventures, he is befriended by a boy in Chinatown.
17 December 1958
Grand Canyon is a 1958 American short documentary film directed by James Algar and produced by Walt Disney Productions.
13 March 1966
A gold prospector with a stubborn donkey survives the harsh mountain winter and saves a motherless fawn.
03 February 1974
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 government.
16 August 1954
Story of the American Prairie as it was when vast herds of bison and elk grazed.
17 July 1943
This is a unique film in Disney Production's history. This film is essentially a propaganda film selling Major Alexander de Seversky's theories about the practical uses of long range strategic bombing.
28 June 1967
A Walt Disney anthology of eleven Academy-Award winning films: Flowers and Trees, The Three Little Pigs, The Tortoise and the Hare, Three Orphan Kittens, The Country Cousin, The Old Mill, Ferdinand the Bull, The Ugly Duckling, Lend a Paw, Seal Island, Water Birds.
19 March 1959
We're off to Australia in the shortest of the short films found on this volume. There's lots of cute little baby animals to be found, but there's a little too much up-close footage of baby kangaroos in their mother's pouch.
09 March 1975
A pinioned trout-farm goose takes a wild gander for her mate. But when he's blown off course in a storm, and then winged, he's going to have to make his way back to her on foot, past predators and customs officers.
20 October 1974
Two Inuit children, stranded in the Arctic Circle, decide their only hope for survival is to cross the open tundra and try to reach their village.
09 February 1955
The first half covers the initial construction of Disneyland, followed by Nature's Half Acre during the second half.
06 November 1956
A feature-length documentary showing the changing world of nature, the sky, the sea, the sun, planets, insects and volcanic action.
19 November 1967
The experiences of various wildlife in twenty-four hours is explored with a High Sierra background. A weasel and her brood, grouse and a lizard are watched.
14 July 1942
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.
14 December 1935
A sailor doll, thrown into a toy dump, rallies the demoralized dolls that were already there.
03 December 1961
This is the story of the “smoke jumpers,” specially trained by the Forest Service to reach forest fires when they are in the inaccessible areas of US National Forests.
29 December 1954
In the first part, Walt Disney presents a famous animal photographer named Alfred G. Milotte, who presents clips of his African trip that has stunning stories about the African elephant and the lion.
21 September 1955
James Algar, the writer-director of Walt Disney's "True-Life Adventures" short subject series, takes the viewers of the TV anthology Disneyland behind the scenes to show how these remarkable documentaries are made.
