James Algar Movies

A gold prospector with a stubborn donkey survives the harsh mountain winter and saves a motherless fawn.

Animated short documentary film made to advance the cause of a balanced diet for the benefit of the public health and for the advancement of the...

Animals of all kinds are filmed in different moments of habitat.

A sailor doll, thrown into a toy dump, rallies the demoralized dolls that were already there.

A young boy gets along better with the animals he befriends around his family's Canadian farm than with the people he lives with.

The first half is a salute to John Wesley Powell, the first man to explore the Colorado River. Walt Disney presents a behind-the-scenes look at the...

Part of Disney's True-Life Adventures series, this film focuses on the lives of lions in Africa.

This short covers some of the wildlife (predominently birds) on four islands-the Galapagos, Guadelupe, Falklands and an island in the Midway chain....

The film depicts a young male beaver who must defend his new family against hungry predators, mischievous river otters, and the ever-impending threat...

Story of the American Prairie as it was when vast herds of bison and elk grazed.

Two young boys must retrieve a church bell from the depths of a murky lagoon in a Louisiana swamp. Complicating matters is the fact that the lagoon...

A boy, Leroy McClaren, trains a wild dog to hunt the cougar that has been threatening the family.

"The Best Doggoned Dog in the World" is an episode of Disneyland which aired on November 20, 1957. It was directed by Robert Stevenson and Larry...

Depicts the animal life, including ospreys, otters, beavers, and others, in a small area near the Grand Teton Mountains. Based on the book by Sally...

Part of the "True-Life Adventure Series"; Disney filmmakers take their cameras to Florida, not to document the swamps that would become Walt Disney...

A feature-length documentary showing the changing world of nature, the sky, the sea, the sun, planets, insects and volcanic action. A story of...

Animation on The Sorcerer's Apprentice began on January 21, 1938, when James Algar, the director of the segment, assigned animator Preston Blair to...

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...

With examples from Disney feature-length films, Walt Disney gives a behind-the-scenes look at the improvements in animation made by his studio's...

Two Inuit children, stranded in the Arctic Circle, decide their only hope for survival is to cross the open tundra and try to reach their village....