Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
From Season 1 of Walt Disney's Disneyland Anthology program we have Episode 3: Prairie and Seal Island which originally aired on November 10th, 1954. Here we present the April 28th, 1963 re-airing on The Wonderful World of Color. James Algar describes some of the tricks the Disney photographers must use to capture the lives of animals in their native habitats. The next portion of the show features animals from the prairies of North America, detailing their lives through the seasons of a typical year (portions of this segment from the Vanishing Prairie have been removed due to copyright). In the last segment Winston Hibler introduces us to Seal Island as the show moves northward to Alaska and the Pribilof Islands, the migratory home of the fur seal. This segment was the first True-Life Adventure, released theatrically in 1948.
Note: I tried to faithfully recreate this 1963 airing by using some bonus content from the True-Life Adventures DVD set (Volume 2) titled, "Prairie." This had the original Wonderful World of Color opening segment and closing credits. I bridged the Prairie segment and Seal Island with footage from the Disney Channel syndicated airing in 1985.
Season 1 Playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLziMmVShwVha4b5hAa26sgbgrPMqqEORl&si=zsESzuwxHnT2QhAD
From Season 1 of Walt Disney's Disneyland Anthology program we have Episode 3: Prairie and Seal Island which originally aired on November 10th, 1954. Here we present the April 28th, 1963 re-airing on The Wonderful World of Color. James Algar describes some of the tricks the Disney photographers must use to capture the lives of animals in their native habitats. The next portion of the show features animals from the prairies of North America, detailing their lives through the seasons of a typical year (portions of this segment from the Vanishing Prairie have been removed due to copyright). In the last segment Winston Hibler introduces us to Seal Island as the show moves northward to Alaska and the Pribilof Islands, the migratory home of the fur seal. This segment was the first True-Life Adventure, released theatrically in 1948.
Note: I tried to faithfully recreate this 1963 airing by using some bonus content from the True-Life Adventures DVD set (Volume 2) titled, "Prairie." This had the original Wonderful World of Color opening segment and closing credits. I bridged the Prairie segment and Seal Island with footage from the Disney Channel syndicated airing in 1985.
Season 1 Playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLziMmVShwVha4b5hAa26sgbgrPMqqEORl&si=zsESzuwxHnT2QhAD
