Seal Island (film)

Seal Island is a 1948 American documentary film directed by James Algar. The film was produced by Walt Disney and was the first installment of the TrueLife Adventures series of nature documentaries. It won an Academy Award in 1949 for Best Short Subject TwoReel.

The Milottes shot more than 100,000 feet of film and spent over a year filming the seals. The total production cost Disney a little over 100,000.RKO Radio Pictures, the studio distributing Disneys films at the time, initially refused to release the halfhour Seal Island. Disney booked the film for its Los Angeles and New York theatrical engagements, and RKO agreed to release the film nationally only after it proved its commercial potential and received the Academy Award. ........

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