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The second of Walt Disney's feature-length "True Life Adventures", The Vanishing Prairie concentrates on that portion of the United States bounded by the Rocky Mountains and the Mississippi River. Aft... read more read more...er a brief tableux of extinct animal species, the film shows us several "endangered" types: The Whooping Crane, the Buffalo, the Prong-horn Antelope, the Big-horn Sheep, the Prairie Dog, etc. While mankind is clearly to blame for much of the "vanishing" alluded to in the title, the film demonstrates how the various species themselves enact a process of natural selection. Incidentally, this was the first Disney film to be (briefly) banned in New York, thanks to a superbly photographed--and utterly harmless--scene of a buffalo giving birth to a calf ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

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Directed by: James Algar

Release Date: August 17, 1954

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  • staindslaved
    March 13, 2012
    staindslaved
    The second feature in Walt Disney's "True Life Adventures" nature film series is one of their best. Showing the American prairie's and the original animal and plant life they harbor showcasing of course the American Buffalo. I'm a huge fan of this series, it has great and iconi... read morec narrations by some Disney familiars and always tries to tell itself as a bit of a narrative than simple photos of nature. Great film even if it might look a little dated when compared to the High Def nature documentaries of today.

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