| Description |
2 videodiscs (approximately 298 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.. |
| Series |
Walt Disney's legacy collection |
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Walt Disney's legacy collection.
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| System Details |
DVD ; Region 1 ; full screen presentation ; Dolby Digital mono. |
| Note |
Title from container. |
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DVD release of episodes of the Disney television program True life adventurers originally broadcast 1975-1976. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| Summary |
The Living Desert is a study of plant and animal life in the arid plain which stretches from Oregon to Mexico and from California to Texas. Includes scenes of a death struggle between a hawk and a rattlesnake, an encounter between a bobcat and wild pigs, a contest between two male turtles for the favor of a female, and the courtship dance of a pair of scorpions. Also shows a time-lapse sequence of desert flowers coming into bloom. The Vanishing Prairie presents information about the area between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains. In addiition to exploration of animal life, historical concepts about American Indians and early pioneer settlements are included. Seal Island presents the spring return of the animal inhabitants to the Pribilof Islands of Alaska. Mainly focuses on the fur-bearing seals, including formation of harems and the raising of pups. |
| Contents |
Introduction by Roy Disney -- Living desert / director, James Algar ; script, James Algar, Winston Hibler, Ted Sears ; narrator, Winston Hibler -- Vanishing prairie / director, James Algar ; script, James Algar, Winston Hibler, Ted Sears ; narrator, Winston Hibler -- Seal Island / director, James Algar ; narrator, Winston Hibler. |
| Note |
Bonus features: Islands of the sea ; Nature's strangest creatures ; Prairie ; behind the true-life cameras ; backstage with Roy Disney at Disney's Animal kingdom: desert insects; snakes ; filmmakers' journal ; collectors' corner ; trailers & promos. |
| System Details |
System requirements: Multimedia PC with Windows. |
| Language |
Closed-captioned. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Island ecology.
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Prairie conservation.
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Desert animals.
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| Genre/Form |
Action and adventure television programs.
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| Subject |
Deserts.
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| Genre/Form |
Nature television programs.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Subject |
Great Plains -- History.
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| Local Subject |
Indigenous peoples -- North America -- History.
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| Subject |
Animal behavior.
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Prairie ecology.
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Nature.
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Desert plants.
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Indians of North America -- History.
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Pribilof Islands (Alaska)
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Seals (Animals) -- Alaska -- Pribilof Islands.
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| Genre/Form |
Television programs.
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| Added Author |
Disney, Walt, 1901-1966.
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Disney, Roy Edward.
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Algar, James, 1912-1998.
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Hibler, Winston.
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Sears, Ted.
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Walt Disney Home Entertainment (Firm)
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Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Lands of exploration |
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True life adventures (Television program)
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| ISBN |
0788870181 |
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9780788870187 |
| Standard No. |
786936710236 |
| Music No. |
51115 Walt Disney Home Entertainment |
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