The Living Desert

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For the zoo called the same, see the Living Desert Zoo and Gardens.

The Living Desert is a 1953 Walt Disney nature documentary which shows the everyday lives of the animals of the desert of the southwestern United States.

The movie was written by James Algar, Winston Hibler, Jack Moffitt (uncredited) and Ted Sears. It was directed by Algar. Hibler is the narrator.

It won the first Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. In 2000 the United States Library of Congress deemed the film "culturally significant" and selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry.

[edit] External links

• The Living Desert at the Internet Movie Database

Awards
Preceded by The Sea Around Us	Academy Award for Documentary Feature 1953	Succeeded by The Vanishing Prairie