The Vanishing Prairie

The Vanishing Prairie (Original Title: The Vanishing Prairie) by James Algar is a documentary that in the central part of North America west of the Mississippi and east of the Rocky Mountains, was shot from the plains of Canada to the Gulf of Mexico and in 1954 arrived in American cinemas. This was according to the desert of the second long documentary series lives voyages of discovery in the realm of nature (True -Life Adventures ).

Content

This is a story of pronghorn antelope, prairie dogs, bighorn sheep, cougars, buffalo and many other animal inhabitants of the prairies of the Midwest, and how they get through the day and through the year so.

Effect

To the accompaniment of music and sound effects, narrated by witty commentary goes beyond the film about the pure documentary. Due to the humanization of animals with which the audience empathizes until the last minute, he is the forerunner of the popular wildlife films.

Awards

The Film Review Board Wiesbaden gave the production the predicate particularly valuable.

Reviews

• " An extremely entertaining nature documentary in the perfect audience-grabbing Disney show style. Admirable the patient observation of herds of buffalo, mountain lions, prairie dogs and other animals of the American Midwest in the daily and annual flow " - lexicon of international film.