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
[edit]- Beneath Our Feet (1933)[3]
- City of Wax (1934)[1]
| City of Wax | |
|---|---|
| Produced by | Horace Woodard Stacy Woodard |
| Narrated by | Gayne Whitman |
| Distributed by | Fox Film Corporation |
Release date |
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Running time | 20 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
City of Wax
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ a b Erickson, Hal (October 1, 2020). A Van Beuren Production: A History of the 619 Cartoons, 875 Live Action Shorts, Four Feature Films and One Serial of Amedee Van Beuren. McFarland. ISBN 9781476640983 – via Google Books.
- ^ Erickson, Hal (October 1, 2020). A Van Beuren Production: A History of the 619 Cartoons, 875 Live Action Shorts, Four Feature Films and One Serial of Amedee Van Beuren. McFarland. ISBN 9781476640983 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Catalog of Copyright Entries". 1933.
- ^ THOMAS M. PRYOR. FULFILLING A PROMISE; Film Producers Open Their Vaults to Promote Education by Pictures. New York Times July 9, 1939, Sunday p 113
- ^ "The 7th Academy Awards (1935) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
- ^ "New York Times: City of Wax". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2011. Archived from the original on May 20, 2011. Retrieved May 12, 2008.
- ^ "Preserved Projects". Academy Film Archive.
External links
[edit]- City of Wax at IMDb
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