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
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

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

  1. 1 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.
  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. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
  6. "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.
  7. "Preserved Projects". Academy Film Archive.


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