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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

City of Wax
Produced byHorace Woodard
Stacy Woodard
Narrated byGayne Whitman
Distributed byFox Film Corporation
Release date
  • February 9, 1934 (1934-02-09)
Running time
20 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Catalog of Copyright Entries". 1933.
  4. ^ 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
  5. ^ "The 7th Academy Awards (1935) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
  6. ^ . Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. 2011. Archived from the original on May 20, 2011. Retrieved May 12, 2008.
  7. ^ "Preserved Projects". Academy Film Archive.

External links edit

  • City of Wax at IMDb  


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