James Algar Movies

A feature-length documentary showing the changing world of nature, the sky, the sea, the sun, planets, insects and volcanic action. A story of...

The film depicts a young male beaver who must defend his new family against hungry predators, mischievous river otters, and the ever-impending threat...

This short covers some of the wildlife (predominently birds) on four islands-the Galapagos, Guadelupe, Falklands and an island in the Midway chain....

Grand Canyon is a 1958 American short documentary film directed by James Algar and produced by Walt Disney Productions. It is a pictorial...

The strange and wonderful world that lies beneath our feet, under leaf, log and rock, peopled by millions of weird and fascinating creatures....

Part of the "True-Life Adventure Series"; Disney filmmakers take their cameras to Florida, not to document the swamps that would become Walt Disney...

Penny is a teenage horse trainer with a very special dream of becoming a jockey. She picks Woodhill to compete in the upcoming Bluegrass Special;...

With examples from Disney feature-length films, Walt Disney gives a behind-the-scenes look at the improvements in animation made by his studio's...

A fabulous new adventure in exciting entertainment.

Walt shows off some magic tricks with the studio props and then turns the show over to the Slave in the Magic Mirror, who hosts a look at some...

Bear Country is a 1953 American short documentary film directed by James Algar. It won an Academy Award at the 26th Academy Awards in 1954 for Best...

Marketing film for Walt Disney World showing the creation of the new theme park, with footage of WED designers at work, actual construction, scale...

A look at the people that shot the footage for Disney's True-Life Adventures.

Oscar Winning short documentary

The first half covers the initial construction of Disneyland, followed by Nature's Half Acre during the second half.

A young fox unexpectedly finds himself in San Francisco, where, after many misadventures, he is befriended by a boy in Chinatown. The boy helps the...

Two men taking horses to market run afoul of angry sheep herders and are hampered by a lack of water for the horses.

A gold prospector with a stubborn donkey survives the harsh mountain winter and saves a motherless fawn.

We're off to Australia in the shortest of the short films found on this volume. There's lots of cute little baby animals to be found, but there's a...