Islands in the sea
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German title | Islands in the sea |
Original title | Islands of the Sea |
Country of production | United States |
original language | English |
Publishing year | 1960 |
length | 28 minutes |
Rod | |
Director | Ben Sharpsteen |
script | Dwight Hauser |
production | Walt Disney |
music | Oliver Wallace |
camera |
Dick Borden , Jack Couffer , Conrad L. Hall , Al Hanson , Stuart V. Jewell , Olin Sewall Pettingill Jr. |
cut | Harry Reynolds |
Islands in the sea is an American short film from the year 1960 .
action
There are some remote islands on earth that are home to unique wildlife. On the Galapagos Islands , these are animals such as the Galapagos tortoise , which can live to be 300 years old, iguanas , marine iguanas , the Galapagos shearling , the Galápagos penguin and the gannet , but also the frigate bird with its magnificent red throat pouch with which it is used Mating season tries to impress the females. The oystercatcher performs a dance during the mating season and later defends its young against crabs, which are flocked on the islands. This is followed by a short fight between two bad-tempered marine iguanas in front of a large number of spectators.
The Guadalupe Island is also home to a rare earth guest: the elephant seal , who has an entire harem full of females and who takes on every fight against a conspecific for the females.
On the Falkland Islands , the wart shags live in constant hostility to the seagulls that steal their eggs. The seagulls also regularly harass the island's gentoo penguins . The African penguins, in turn, sound like a donkey when they call. Another special feature are the rockhopper penguins , which despite their clumsy movement on land climb high rock walls to breed on the rock or on the plateau.
The albatross lives on the Midway Islands and , as the king of the skies, flies most of the time. It can do this gracefully, but has great difficulties with take-off and usually creates unaesthetic images when landing. From a global perspective, all islanders are not mass populations and therefore face an uncertain future.
production
The film Islands in the Sea , shot in Technicolor , was made as part of the short documentary film series True-Life Adventures . Disney worked with the United States Navy and the American Tunaboat Association . The animation for the opening credits was created by Art Riley and Joshua Meador . The film's narrator is Winston Hibler . Islands in the Sea was released on March 16, 1960 and appeared on the Disney three-DVD classic nature film in 2012 .
Awards
Islands in the Sea was nominated for an Oscar in the category " Best Short Film (two film roles) " in 1961 , but could not prevail against Day of the Painter .
Web links
- Islands in the sea in the Internet Movie Database (English)