
Collection
15 films
In 1940 Walt Disney got the idea for the first ever nature documentary True Life Adventures during animal studies for his upcoming film Bambi. Instead of imitating the natural through animation, he could just use what was already there. When the sun rises and light enters through the eyelids the body is triggered to begin its wake-up cycle, including the release of cortisol. By the time the light is at full brightness, sleepers wake up on their own. An alarm is not needed anymore.

Seal Island
1948

Beaver Valley
1950

Nature's Half Acre
1951

The Olympic Elk
1952

Water Birds
1952

Bear Country
1953

Prowlers of the Everglades
1953

The Living Desert
1953

The Vanishing Prairie
1954

The African Lion
1955

Secrets of Life
1956

Perri
1957

White Wilderness
1958

Jungle Cat
1960

The Best of Walt Disney's True-Life Adventures
1975