It's the Pribiloff Islands in the Arctic Ocean, and one island in particular. With spring comes flowers, and eventually, huge hordes of seals to court, to fight, to bear young seals and to train them for the rest of the year spent at sea.
The first of Walt Disney's True-Life Adventures is a very good nature documentary narrated by Winston Hibler, talking about what goes on on the island in language that fits within the narrow confines of the Hays Office, with only a few terms like referring to the many mates of the dominant seals as harems. Hibler's narration is matter-of-fact and slightly amused, the movie is well edited, and it's quite understandable that it won the Oscar for best two-reel short subject -- even though it's three reels in length.
Future True-Life Adventures would continue with the fine camerawork, although they would eventually have elaborate stories woven into their fabric. For the moment, this was a fine documentary.
The first of Walt Disney's True-Life Adventures is a very good nature documentary narrated by Winston Hibler, talking about what goes on on the island in language that fits within the narrow confines of the Hays Office, with only a few terms like referring to the many mates of the dominant seals as harems. Hibler's narration is matter-of-fact and slightly amused, the movie is well edited, and it's quite understandable that it won the Oscar for best two-reel short subject -- even though it's three reels in length.
Future True-Life Adventures would continue with the fine camerawork, although they would eventually have elaborate stories woven into their fabric. For the moment, this was a fine documentary.