“True-Life Adventures”
Seal Island (1948)
December 21, 194827mEN
7.3
12 votes
Overview
Seal Island is a 1948 American documentary film directed by James Algar. It won an Academy Award in 1949 for Best Short Subject (Two-Reel).
Director
James AlgarTop Billed Cast
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
N/A
Revenue
N/A
Production Companies
Walt Disney Productions
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6.0A look at the life of the fur seals on Seal Island (in the Aleutians) which co-inhabit the island with reindeer and scrawny looking foxes, lupins, lichens and other colourful plants that also thrive here in the lighter months. Bull seals (weighing almost as much as an horse... big horse, little horse?) arrive. Apparently seals have a common ancestor with a bear? Seals are polygamous and may have 100 wives... Yes, you get the drift. The narrative is very fact-based but despite trying to give some of the creatures human names and traits ("Mrs" etc.) is actually rather dry. The photography is qui…
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