''In Beaver Valley'' is a 1950 American
short documentary film
A documentary film (often described simply as a documentary) is a nonfiction Film, motion picture intended to "document reality, primarily for instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". The American author and ...
directed by
James Algar
James Algar (June 11, 1912 – February 26, 1998) was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. He worked at The Walt Disney Company, Walt Disney Productions for 43 years and received the Disney Legends award in 1998. He was bor ...
. The film was produced by
Walt Disney
Walter Elias Disney ( ; December 5, 1901December 15, 1966) was an American animator, film producer, voice actor, and entrepreneur. A pioneer of the Golden age of American animation, American animation industry, he introduced several develop ...
as part of the ''
True-Life Adventures
''True-Life Adventures'' is a series of short and full-length nature documentary films released by Walt Disney Productions between the years 1948 and 1960. The first seven films released were thirty-minute shorts, with the subsequent seven film ...
'' series of nature documentaries.
It won an
Oscar
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People and fictional and mythical characters
* Oscar (given name), including lists of people and fictional characters named Oscar, Óscar or Oskar
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in
1951
Events
January
* January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950).
* January 9 – The Government of the Uni ...
for
Best Short Subject (Two-Reel).
At the
1st Berlin International Film Festival it won the
Golden Bear (Documentaries) award.
Cast
*
Winston Hibler as Narrator
References
External links
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1950 films
1950 children's films
1950 short documentary films
American short documentary films
1950s English-language films
Disney short films
True-Life Adventures
Films produced by Walt Disney
Films about beavers
Films scored by Paul Smith (composer)
Golden Bear winners
Live Action Short Film Academy Award winners
RKO Pictures short films
Short films directed by James Algar
1950s American films
English-language short documentary films
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