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1934 film
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
City of Wax
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
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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.
^ 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.
^
"Catalog of Copyright Entries" . 1933.
^ 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
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"The 7th Academy Awards (1935) Nominees and Winners" . oscars.org .
Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved August 7, 2011 .
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"New York Times: City of Wax" . Movies & TV Dept.
The New York Times .
Baseline &
All Movie Guide . 2011. Archived from
the original on May 20, 2011. Retrieved May 12, 2008 .
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"Preserved Projects" . Academy Film Archive .
External links
Short subject 1931–1935
Short subject 1936–1956
Short subject (live action) 1957–1973 Short film (live action) 1974–present