Water Birds | |
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Directed by | Ben Sharpsteen |
Written by | Winston Hibler Ted Sears William Otis |
Produced by | Walt Disney |
Narrated by | Winston Hibler |
Edited by | Norman R. Palmer |
Music by | Joseph Dubin |
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Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
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Running time | 30 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Water Birds is a 1952 American short documentary film directed by Ben Sharpsteen. In 1953, it won an Oscar for Best Short Subject (Two-Reel) at the 25th Academy Awards.[1] The film was produced by Walt Disney as part of the True-Life Adventures series of nature documentaries.[2] It was shot in Technicolor by more than a dozen cameramen and was created in cooperation with the National Audubon Society and the Denver Museum of Natural History.[3]