Winston Hibler
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Biography: Winston Hibler was an American screenwriter, film producer, director, and narrator associated with Walt Disney Studios. Educated at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, he began his career as a Broadway actor before transitioning to writing for radio, film, and television. Joining Disney in 1942, Hibler contributed as a songwriter, co-writing songs like "Following the Leader" from Peter Pan and "I Wonder" from Sleeping Beauty. He narrated several of Disney's True-Life Adventures documentaries and produced films such as Nikki, Wild Dog of the North (1961) and The Aristocats (1970). Hibler's versatile contributions significantly shaped Disney's storytelling and musical legacy.
Department: Writing
Place of Birth: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA
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Birthday: October 08, 1910
Age: 114 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: August 08, 1976
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Wales
Overview: Wales prides herself in her wealth of natural resources, foundries, mills, and factories. Beyond this modern facade lies another treasure—a rich historical background and ancient lore. The great granite fortresses still remain as reminders that from the struggle and strife was born a pure and distinctive national culture.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-06-10
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Pablo and the Dancing Chihuahua
Overview: A recently orphaned boy living in Mexico has one item that would link him to family, an old letter from an uncle with an address in Tucson, AZ. He sets out across the desert and, while temporarily detained at the border, is unwillingly teamed with a runaway chihuahua who follows him as he illegally crosses the border into the United States. The two form a tight bond as they survive the journey fraught with danger.
Genres: Drama Family Adventure TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-01-28
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Islands of the Sea
Overview: This short covers some of the wildlife (predominently birds) on four islands-the Galapagos, Guadelupe, Falklands and an island in the Midway chain. While touching very briefly on the turtles of Galapagos and a bit more in-depth on two varieties of iguana and a species of crab, the documentary focuses primarily on birds, including several species of penguin on at least two of the islands, cormorants, frigate birds and the albatross.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-03-16
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King of the Grizzlies
Overview: Moki, a Cree Indian, is made foreman of a sprawling cattle ranch owned by his former army commander. But he carries with him through life the lore of his own people. When he rescues a bear cub, Wahb, he feels a mystical connection between himself and the magnificent creature. Later, Wahb, now a 1,300-pound bear, returns from the wild to wreak havoc on the cattle ranch, and Moki must face this fearsome grizzly. This spectacular film depicts a territorial battle over a country of breathtaking beauty.
Genres: Family Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-02-11
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The Last Days of Pompeii
Overview: In this action-filled spectacle set in ancient Pompeii, a blacksmith becomes a Roman gladiator, though his rise to wealth and power is jeopardized by his son's Christianity and the eruption of Vesuvius.
Genres: Drama Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-10-18
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Seal Island
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).
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-12-21
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Beaver Valley
Overview: Produced by Walt Disney as part of the "True-Life Adventures" series of nature documentaries (1948–60). The film depicts a young male beaver who must defend his new family against hungry predators, mischievous river otters, and the ever-impending threat of winter.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-07-19
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The African Lion
Overview: Part of Disney's True-Life Adventures series, this film focuses on the lives of lions in Africa.
Genres: Documentary Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-09-14
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Bear Country
Overview: 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 Short Subject (Two-Reel).[1] The film was produced by Walt Disney as part of the True-Life Adventures series of nature documentaries.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-02-05
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Secrets of Life
Overview: A feature-length documentary showing the changing world of nature, the sky, the sea, the sun, planets, insects and volcanic action. A story of nature's strange and intricate designs for survival and her many methods of perpetuating life.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-11-06
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Perri
Overview: This True Life Fantasy follows and shows how the life of a female squirrel, Perri, in the forest is filled with danger and fraught with peril. When not fleeing her natural enemy, the Marten, Perri finds time to fall in love with her prince-charming male squirrel.
Genres: Family Fantasy Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-08-28
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Men Against the Arctic
Overview: This Academy Award winning short subject documentary follows the United States Coast Guard icebreaker ships Eastwind and Westwind for four months as they work to clear navigational paths for ships traversing the arctic sea.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-12-21
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The Crisler Story/Prowlers of the Everglades
Overview: A look at the people that shot the footage for Disney's True-Life Adventures.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-02-27
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Operation Undersea
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-12-08
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The Vanishing Prairie
Overview: Story of the American Prairie as it was when vast herds of bison and elk grazed.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-08-16
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Siam
Overview: Part of the Walt Disney "People and Places" series visiting Siam.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-12-24
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Ama Girls
Overview: Oscar winning documentary short from 1958
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-07-09
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The Alaskan Eskimo
Overview: Oscar Winning short documentary
Genres: Documentary Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-02-18
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Mysteries of the Deep
Overview: Mysteries of the Deep is a 1959 Disney nature documentary short film. Though not an official True-Life Adventures film, it did accompany the release of The Vanishing Prairie and was included on the Walt Disney Legacy Collection's True Life Adventures releases as a bonus feature. It is narrated by Winston Hibler. The film is a panorama of animals inhabiting the sea near the coast: dolphins, sharks, whales, crabs, rays and fish of all kinds.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-12-16
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Seven Cities of Antarctica
Overview: In 1955 Operation "Deep Freeze" began. This film tells the story of its purpose - the establishment by the United States Navy of seven bases in Antarctica for scientific study and observations in connection with the International Geophysical Year. Rare motion pictures record sequences from the expeditions of the early pioneers, Mundsen and Scott, and the film becomes the story of man's instinct to understand and conquer the unknown.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-12-25
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Wild Burro of the West
Overview: Dusty is a small burro living a quiet life with her elderly master, a farmer in Mexico, until two men sneak onto the farm and steal her. They use the animal to help them rustle cattle. Dusty carries their water and other supplies, but the men are cruel and mistreat the burro, allowing her little water and feed. Tired of this mistreatment, Dusty strains to break free of the hobbles used to control her. Starring Bill Keys as Andy, Bill Pace as a Rustler and Jim Burch as a Rustler.
Genres: Western Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-01-29
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The Amazon Awakens
Overview: A short film made for the U.S. Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs about the history of the Amazon basin.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-05-29
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Little Dog Lost
Overview: The story of Candy, a little Welsh Corgi, who's raised by his family from a little puppy. But when he's grown up, he gets lost, has adventures, and learns to herd cattle before he's reunited with his family...only that's not where he wants to be.
Genres: Family Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-01-13
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Hold That Pose
Overview: Goofy is tired and bored. He needs a hobby and decides to pursue photography. Wildlife is an excellent choice for photography so Goofy decides to take a grizzly bear's picture. Unfortunately, when Goofy's flash powder explodes, the bear becomes infuriated and chases Goofy through an amusement park and back to his apartment. Fortunately for Goofy, the bear is pleased with the resulting pictures and ultimately sets up a stand giving his "autographed photo" for $10.
Genres: Comedy Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-11-03
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Chico, the Misunderstood Coyote
Overview: A witness to his mother’s death at the hand of a man, the coyote, Chico, has learned to hate and fear him. Taken into captivity and exhibited in a small desert roadside zoo, he learns much but never loses his bitterness toward his enemy: man. Chico makes his escape and bounds off for a life of adventure in the desert where he mates with Tula. He sees an eagle grab one of his pups and worries when his mate raids a chicken coop. Realizing the dangers of man, Chico decides to take his family deeper into the desert to help his family try to win the battle for survival.
Genres: Adventure Drama Family TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-10-15
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Jungle Cat
Overview: This final True-Life Adventure would also appear to be one of the best, as we go into the South American jungle to observe the jaguar. Jungle Cat is more intimate than its kin, allowing individual animal characters to be developed. Central to the cast is a pair of jaguars (one ebony), whose fighting leads to love and, not long after, two babies (one resembling each parent).
Genres: Documentary Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-08-10
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Flash, The Teenage Otter
Overview: Created for Walt Disney Presents television series then expanded by popular demand into a full feature, Flash, the Teenage Otter follows one of Disney’s most beloved animal stars as he strikes out from his home at a Wisconsin wildlife sanctuary to see the wider world with all of its wonders and perils.
Genres: Family Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-04-30
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Merveilles de la nature
Overview: Animals of all kinds are filmed in different moments of habitat.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-10-08
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The Blue Men of Morocco
Overview: The movie presents a mysterious and enigmatic world, a place where more than 40,000 — no one knows precisely how many — descendants of Arab conquerors live, the last great nomads of the world. These nomads are deemed the “Blue Men” due to their bluish complexion — not a racial characteristic, but the consequence of color from their clothing staining their skin. Each morning, they turn to Mecca and thank Allah for the blessing of their remaining liberty, that liberty which, in spite of all the pain and hardships, they would not exchange for houses, which they could not carry on their journeys, nor for radios, since the world outside does not exist for them, nor for watches, since it is not their custom to count the time.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-02-14
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Sardinia
Overview: A train ride takes the audience through the rugged countryside to see the Sardinian people of today. Their independence and self-reliance is emphasized. Sheep are tended and the treatment of their wool is depicted. A wedding and a funeral service are shown, as well as the annual “Ardia” festival with horsemen commemorating historical events.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-08-17
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The Pre-Opening Report from Disneyland
Overview: With the grand opening of Disneyland just a matter of days away, Walt Disney brings us an update on the construction of the new magic kingdom. Winston Hibler narrates scenes depicting the construction on the attarctions and settings in the park as work speeds up to meet the deadline before opening day.
Genres: Documentary History Family TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-07-13
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Nature's Half Acre
Overview: The strange and wonderful world that lies beneath our feet, under leaf, log and rock, peopled by millions of weird and fascinating creatures. Released theatrically alongside Alice In Wonderland.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-07-28
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White Wilderness
Overview: A fabulous new adventure in exciting entertainment.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-08-12
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The Living Desert
Overview: Although first glance reveals little more than stones and sand, the desert is alive. Witness moving rocks, spitting mud pots, gorgeous flowers and the never-ending battle for survival between desert creatures of every shape, size and description.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-11-10
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Wonders of the Water Worlds
Overview: This tracks the course of a body of water (from brook to lake to sea, etc.) and features the lives of animals that inhabit in or near it.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-05-21
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The Olympic Elk
Overview: Join the majestic Olympic elk as they traverse the alpine path from their winter home in the lowland shadow of Washington's Mount Olympus, to the fertile grazing grounds of its towering peaks.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-02-13
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Operation Wonderland
Overview: 1951 behind the scenes featurette of the Walt Disney animated classic.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-06-14
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Water Birds
Overview: Water Birds is a 1952 short documentary film directed by Ben Sharpsteen. The film delves into the still waters of lagoons and marshes to the wild blue wilderness of the vast oceans, to experience the beauty and variety of their majestic birds, each perfectly designed for its habitat. It won the Oscar for Best Short Subject, Two-Reel.
Genres: Documentary Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-06-26
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Ida, the Offbeat Eagle
Overview: After falling out of her nest, a young eagle is rescued by a rancher, and she in turn, rescues him.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-01-10
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Samoa
Overview: One of Disney's "People and Places" series looking at the Polynesian kingdom of Samoa.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-12-25
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Behind the Cameras at Lapland/The Alaskan Eskimo
Overview: The story of life in the Arctic climate of Lapland. The country is largely made up of nomadic tribes who follow the reindeer herds, spending their winters in the lowlands and summers in the western mountains. The rest of the episode features the 1953 People & Places featurette "The Alaskan Eskimo".
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-10-24
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