Battle for Life
Battle for Life is a nature documentary series made from 1932 until 1934 by Horace Woodard and Stacy Woodard, The short films include the 1935 Oscar award-winning City of Wax, about honey bees. The one-reel short films were released by Educational Pictures. A homemade camera setup for closeups was used. The Woodards followed the series with another series titled Struggle to Live.[1]
Battle for Life films were made with specially designed cameras.[2]
Filmography
- Beneath Our Feet (1933)[3]
- City of Wax (1934)[1]
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| Produced by | Horace Woodard Stacy Woodard |
| Narrated by | Gayne Whitman |
| Distributed by | Fox Film Corporation |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
City of Wax
City of Wax is a 1934 American short documentary film produced by Horace and Stacy Woodard about the life of a bee.[4] It won the Oscar at the 7th Academy Awards in 1935 for Best Short Subject (Novelty).[5][6] The Academy Film Archive preserved City of Wax in 2007.[7]
References
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External links
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). City of Wax at IMDb
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