Walt Disney Legacy Collection - True Life Adventures, Vol. 1: Wonders Of The World
Description:
Experience the wonder of Walt Disney's groundbreaking nature series for the first time on DVD! These acclaimed stories, fully restored to their orginal beauty, offer previously unseen looks inot the magical world of our animal friends. Enjoy a collection of Disney's award-winning TRUE-LIFE ADVENTURES, including "White Wilderness," "Water Birds," "Mysteries of the Deep," and many more. It's a marvelous compilation of animal-packed adventures that your whole family will adore!
Product Details:
Actors:
Walt Disney, Paul Frees, Slim Pickens, Clarence Nash, Roger Mobley
Director:
Ben Sharpsteen
Format:
Color, DVD, NTSC
Language:
English
Number of Discs:
2
Studio:
Walt Disney Video
Run Time:
169 minutes
DVD Release Date:
December 05, 2006
Average Customer Rating:
based on 17 reviews
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1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Walt Disney's Legacy Collection - True Life Adventures Volume OneJul 21, 2010 I really don't know what to say about True Life Adventures volume one. I love wildlife and I grew up with Walt Disney so when I found out Walt Disney had made wildlife documentaries I was very excited. Look I know everyone is sick of the lemming controversy, but I just don't understand why anyone would do this. In the program "White Wilderness" a scene depicts a mass lemming migration, and ends with the lemmings jumping off a cliff to their deaths in the ocean. Now the program never says the lemmings are attempting suicide, they say when many of the lemmings encounter water during their migration, they may try to cross, but if the water they attempt to cross is too wide they will sooner or later drown. The actual problem with this scene is in the actual shot not the narration, it has been said that the lemmings were pushed in the water by a rotating platform installed by the Walt Disney film crew. But many people hastily blame the entire Walt Disney Studios for this, but you can't blame an entire studio for a few filmmakers' mistakes. Now look, despite this scene's inaccuracy, we must remember these programs helped people develop a love for animals. True Life Adventures was a breakthrough in wildlife documentaries, and the footage is still amazing.
This collection is truly impressive. Walt Disney's Legacy Edition resembles Walt Disney Treasures but the real difference is in the packaging. Very creative and durable to say the least, and it will indeed look impressive on your shelf. A "passport" is placed inside the tin can and it shows where each film from volume one is located. For the beginning of the disc, there is a short introduction by Roy Disney and after that you can select four True Life Adventures, which I'll list below.
White Wilderness (1958)
Water Birds (1952)
Beaver Valley (1950)
Prowlers of the Everglades (1953)
But those aren't the only wildlife documentaries, for some strange reason two of the wildlife films aren't credited as a True Life Adventure but their filmed exactly the same and Winston Hilber still narrates. They're included on disc two and they are;
Mysteries of the Deep (1959)
Wonders of the Water Worlds (1961)
While this set does not have an extensive amount of bonus material, there still is quite a lot. "The Crisler Story" is a behind the scenes look of the filming of "White Wilderness." The Crisler's filmed scenes of "White Wilderness" and this excerpt from the Disneyland TV show shows the struggles they went through. There also is a short feature with Roy Disney at Disney's Animal Kingdom. He meets a few animal trainers and there birds. Now if you want to learn more about the actual True Life Adventures series, "Filmmakers' Journal" is the feature for you. It features interviews with some of the filmmakers and composers. It's only twenty-three minutes but I learned quite a bit. There also is a tribute to the director of the True Life Adventures series, James Algar; it's very brief but interesting. Also included is a feature entitled "Collector's Corner", a Disney historian shows us some of the rare collector's items from the True Life Adventures series, and last of all the original theatrical trailers for three of the films is included. So as you can see, these bonus features are very interesting and they'll give you some insight on this very interesting wildlife series.
My love of animals made me buy True Life Adventures, and my love of animals makes me easily take off a star because of the lemming scene, but it still has its place as one of the most important wildlife documentaries ever made.
walt disney legacy collectionJul 17, 2010 bought for my brother...he loved this as a child and now he has his own copy
A Timeless SeriesMay 18, 2010 Disney's True-Life Adventure Series is truly timeless! It is sad to hear that they have stopped producing them. They are a wonderful way for children, particularly urban children, to learn about the natural world in which they live. I used them extensively with my primary level students and they always enjoyed them AND they always learned something new each time they saw one of the episodes. Winston Hibler's narration is perfect. Every grandparent should have this whole set to show their young grandchildren.
1 of 2 found the following review helpful:
disney legacy collection, worth every pennyDec 06, 2008 As all disney dvd's, this is another rare and out of print dvd, well worth putting into your collection, I know people buy these dvd's to watch, but personally i would buy it,Walt Disney Legacy Collection - True Life Adventures, Vol. 3 keep it, and not open it, its worth money.
3 of 4 found the following review helpful:
They teach kids to love natureNov 30, 2007 I've read the criticisms of these sets, and agree that many scenes are probably staged, some to the detriment of the animals. However, the True Life adventures are well done and loved by children and adults. They are not preachy and they do not tell us of the evils of man. They simply encourage a love of nature and the wonderful world God has given us. Kids will hear about the way mankind has misused nature from other sources and because of the love of nature they developed, in part, from this series, perhaps they will be motivated to do something about it. I wish the execs at Disney would create more just like these.
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