James Algar Movies

Part of Disney's True-Life Adventures series, this film focuses on the lives of lions in Africa.

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

A young fox unexpectedly finds himself in San Francisco, where, after many misadventures, he is befriended by a boy in Chinatown. The boy helps the...

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

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

A fabulous new adventure in exciting entertainment.

Depicts the animal life, including ospreys, otters, beavers, and others, in a small area near the Grand Teton Mountains. Based on the book by Sally...

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).

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

This is the story of the “smoke jumpers,” specially trained by the Forest Service to reach forest fires when they are in the inaccessible...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

Scientists study the migratory habits of the green sea turtles, attaching a transmitter to the shell of Solomon, a 350-pound example. Solomon has to...

James Algar, the writer-director of Walt Disney's "True-Life Adventures" short subject series, takes the viewers of the TV anthology Disneyland...