''The Vanishing Prairie'' is a 1954 American

documentary film A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional motion-picture intended to "document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education or maintaining a historical record". Bill Nichols has characterized the documentary in te ...

directed by

James Algar 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 released by Walt Disney Productions. The theme music was given a set of lyrics by Hazel "Gil" George. It was rechristened as "Pioneer's Prayer" in '' Westward Ho, the Wagons!'', a western film about pioneers on the

Oregon Trail The Oregon Trail was a east–west, large-wheeled wagon route and emigrant trail in the United States that connected the Missouri River to valleys in Oregon. The eastern part of the Oregon Trail spanned part of what is now the state of Kans ...

. ''The Vanishing Prairie'' was released on video in 1985, and 1993 in United States.

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Awards

* 5th Berlin International Film Festival: Big Gold Medal (Documentaries and Culture Films) *

Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature An academy ( Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary or tertiary higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membership). The name traces back to Plato's school of philosoph ...

(1954)

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* 1954 films Best Documentary Feature Academy Award winners Films shot in Oregon Documentary films about nature Disney documentary films 1950s English-language films American documentary films Films directed by James Algar 1954 documentary films Films produced by Ben Sharpsteen Films produced by Walt Disney Films scored by Paul Smith (film and television composer) Walt Disney Pictures films Films with screenplays by Winston Hibler 1950s American films {{nature-documentary-film-stub