Record Comments:  This album includes the soundtracks from two films that were previously released on other labels.  The Living Desert was first released in 1953 on the 7" RCA Victor EP (catalog number ERAS-1.)  The Vanishing Prairie was first released in 1954 on the 10" Columbia LP (catalog number CL-6332) and included three additional minutes of content than on this issue.

Matrix Number:  BV-3326-A-1 / BV-3326-B:2

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.