True life adventures. Volume 2: 1975-1976, Lands of exploration [videorecording]

The Living Desert is a study of plant and animal life in the arid plain which stretches from Oregon to Mexico and from California to Texas. Includes scenes of a death struggle between a hawk and a rattlesnake, an encounter between a bobcat and wild pigs, a contest between two male turtles for the fa...

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Corporate Authors: Walt Disney Home Entertainment (Firm), Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm)
Other Authors: Disney, Walt, 1901-1966 (Producer), Disney, Roy Edward (Producer), Algar, James, 1912-1998 (Screenwriter, Director), Hibler, Winston (Narrator, Screenwriter), Sears, Ted (Screenwriter)
Other title:Lands of exploration.
True life adventures (Television program)
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Published: Burbank, CA : Walt Disney Home Entertainment : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 2006.
Series:Walt Disney's legacy collection.
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Summary:The Living Desert is a study of plant and animal life in the arid plain which stretches from Oregon to Mexico and from California to Texas. Includes scenes of a death struggle between a hawk and a rattlesnake, an encounter between a bobcat and wild pigs, a contest between two male turtles for the favor of a female, and the courtship dance of a pair of scorpions. Also shows a time-lapse sequence of desert flowers coming into bloom. The Vanishing Prairie presents information about the area between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains. In addiition to exploration of animal life, historical concepts about American Indians and early pioneer settlements are included. Seal Island presents the spring return of the animal inhabitants to the Pribilof Islands of Alaska. Mainly focuses on the fur-bearing seals, including formation of harems and the raising of pups.
Item Description:DVD release of episodes of the Disney television program True life adventurers originally broadcast 1975-1976.
Bonus features: Islands of the sea ; Nature's strangest creatures ; Prairie ; behind the true-life cameras ; backstage with Roy Disney at Disney's Animal kingdom: desert insects; snakes ; filmmakers' journal ; collectors' corner ; trailers & promos.
Physical Description:2 DVDs (approximately 298 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD ; NTSC, region 1 ; Dolby Digital mono.
Audience:Not rated.
ISBN:0788870181
9780788870187
Language:Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing.