In Beaver Valley

In the valley of Beaver is an American documentary short film by James Algar from the year 1950.

Action

In the valley of the Beaver in the American Rocky Mountains is a piece of original nature has received. The valley is dominated by the beaver gnawed the trees to get to the branches. This he uses as a building material and as a vegetarian eats also the bark. The beaver, which also create small channels for the transport branch, draw more settlers in the valley, so birds that nest in the bank of reeds. In former beaver ponds that are now overgrown, eat American elk, deer but also feel comfortable. Only the prairie wolf has again and again in the cold, but beavers are fast swimmers, while knowing other animals such as the bittern, or the blue heron to camouflage perfectly.

A beaver takes off in late spring to start their own family. He comes into unfamiliar waters and meets a beaver females. A putative rival turns out to be the son of the female, so the male faster now has a ready-made family when he has dreamed of. It is important to build the Biberburg and to build up stocks before the winter comes. While the birds sing and the boisterous otter drive their jokes, the beaver working day and night in its construction. The salmon in the fall to the valley of the beavers to get to their spawning grounds. The beaver will continue to operate regardless of and even when the wild geese leave the valley, it is still busy with the creation of inventories. The otters use the freshly fallen winter snow to dropped glissades and the beaver transported the last stock branch in its construction. Shortly afterwards, the lakes are frozen in the land of beavers. The beaver is below a fixed snow cover and the beaver and his family have enough supplies to get through the winter. Only the prairie wolf continues onward through the area and has the hope of food not given up.

Production

In the valley of Beaver was created as part of the Disney series True -Life Adventures. Original speaker is Winston Hibler. The film saw its premiere on July 19, 1950. In 2012, he appeared on the Disney DVD series nature film classics.

Awards

In the valley of Beaver in 1951 with an Oscar in the category "Best short film (two rolls of film )" was excellent. At the Berlinale 1951, the film won the Golden Bear in the category " Documentary ". In 1952 the film was also honored with a BAFTA for best documentary.