A Nature Guide About Birds, Bees, Beavers...

Artists: 

Bill Thompson -- Ranger, Paul J. Smith -- composer and conductor
Label:  Disneyland (Yellow Plain)
Catalog#:  DQ-1300
Country:  United States
Format:  12" Standard LP
Speed:  33 1/3 RPM
Audio:  Mono
Year:  1966

Record Comments:  This record is a compilation of four programs.  The first five tracks are from the 9th episode of 13th season of Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color, entitled The Ranger's Guide To Nature. The episode aired on November 13, 1966.  The remaining tracks are all from previous True-Life Adventures features and shorts.

Tracks Honey Bees and Industrious Ants are from Nature's Half Acre.  The last two tracks are from the short features of the same name, Beaver Valley and Bear Country.  The time codes on the back of the album are approximate values.  Track #6, listed as 5:42, actually runs about two minutes longer.

Matrix Number:  DQ-1300-A J3 / DQ-1300-B J3

Subject Notes:  The True-Life Adventures film series includes 6 full-length features and 7 shorts for a total of 13 nature films released from 1948 to 1960.  The series was later released on home video, spanning four volumes of The Walt Disney Legacy Collection DVD box sets.

Features

  • The Living Desert premiered in theaters during November of 1953 with a running time of approximately 69 minutes.

  • The Vanishing Prairie premiered in theaters during of 1954 with a running time of approximately 74 minutes.

  • The African Lion premiered in theaters during September of 1955 with a running time of approximately 72 minutes.

  • Secrets Of Life premiered in theaters during November of 1956 with a running time of approximately 70 minutes.

  • White Wilderness premiered in theaters during August of 1958 with a running time of approximately 72 minutes.

  • Jungle Cat premiered in theaters during December of 1959 with a running time of approximately 70 minutes.

Featurettes

  • Seal Island premiered in theaters during December of 1948 with a  running time of approximately 27 minutes.

  • Beaver Valley premiered in theaters during July of 1950 with a  running time of approximately 32 minutes

  • Nature's Half Acre is a short feature about insects and premiered in theaters during July of 1951 with a running time of approximately 33 minutes.  In the United States, it was released with Alice In Wonderland.

  • Water Birds premiered in theaters during January of 1952 with a  running time of approximately 31 minutes.

  • The Olympic Elk premiered in theaters during February of 1952 with a  running time of approximately 27 minutes.

  • Bear Country premiered in theaters during February of 1953 with a  running time of approximately 33 minutes.

  • Prowlers of the Everglades premiered in theaters during July of 1953 with a running time of approximately 32 minutes.

       

   Record Contents: 

 
Time: 
  

1. Little Ranger Nature Camp 2:19  
2. The Honey Bee 2:15  
3. The Seeds 2:50  
4. Bird Watching 2:46  
5. Bedtime 1:05  
6. Honey Bees (On A Sunny Day-Flight Of The Queen-The Workers-The Swarm And A New Home) 7:51  
7. Industrious Ants (Parade Of The Leaf Cutters-The Ants And The Grasshopper-Ants On The March) 4:18  
8. Beaver Valley (Beaver Valley Theme-Baby Ducks-Beaver Romance-Salmon Run-Otters) 7:13  
9. Bear Country (Black Bear-Scratching-Winter Fun) 4:48  
 

Total Time:

37:35  

 

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