The Vanishing Prairie

The Vanishing Prairie
Film poster for the double-feature release of The Living Desert and The Vanishing Prairie
Directed by	James Algar
Produced by	Ben Sharpsteen Walt Disney
Written by	James Algar Winston Hibler
Narrated by	Winston Hibler
Music by	Paul J. Smith
Cinematography	N. Paul Kenworthy Jr.
Edited by	Lloyd L. Richardson
Production company	Walt Disney Productions
Distributed by	Buena Vista Distribution
Release dates	August 17, 1954 (1954-08-17)
Running time	71 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The Vanishing Prairie is a 1954 documentary film released by Walt Disney Productions.

The theme music was given a set of lyrics by Hazel "Gil" George. It was rechristened as "Pioneer's Prayer" in Westward Ho, the Wagons!, a western film about pioneers on the Oregon Trail.

Awards

Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature (1954) ^[1]
5th Berlin International Film Festival: Big Gold Medal (Documentaries and Culture Films)^[2]

References

↑ "NY Times: The Vanishing Prairie". NY Times. Retrieved November 8, 2008.
↑ "5th Berlin International Film Festival: Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved December 25, 2009.

External links

Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature

1942–1975	The Battle of Midway / Kokoda Front Line! / Moscow Strikes Back / Prelude to War (1942) Desert Victory (1943) The Fighting Lady (1944) The True Glory (1945) None given (1946) Design for Death (1947) The Secret Land (1948) Daybreak in Udi (1949) The Titan: Story of Michelangelo (1950) Kon-Tiki (1951) The Sea Around Us (1952) The Living Desert (1953) The Vanishing Prairie (1954) Helen Keller in Her Story (1955) The Silent World (1956) Albert Schweitzer (1957) White Wilderness (1958) Serengeti Shall Not Die (1959) The Horse with the Flying Tail (1960) Sky Above and Mud Beneath (1961) Black Fox: The Rise and Fall of Adolf Hitler (1962) Robert Frost: A Lover's Quarrel with the World (1963) World Without Sun (1964) The Eleanor Roosevelt Story (1965) The War Game (1966) The Anderson Platoon (1967) Journey into Self (1968) Arthur Rubinstein – The Love of Life (1969) Woodstock (1970) The Hellstrom Chronicle (1971) Marjoe (1972) The Great American Cowboy (1973) Hearts and Minds (1974) The Man Who Skied Down Everest (1975)

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2001–present	Murder on a Sunday Morning (2001) Bowling for Columbine (2002) The Fog of War (2003) Born into Brothels (2004) March of the Penguins (2005) An Inconvenient Truth (2006) Taxi to the Dark Side (2007) Man on Wire (2008) The Cove (2009) Inside Job (2010) Undefeated (2011) Searching for Sugar Man (2012) 20 Feet from Stardom (2013) Citizenfour‎ (2014)

Walt Disney's True-Life Adventures

Short subjects	Seal Island (1948) In Beaver Valley (1950) Nature's Half Acre (1951) The Olympic Elk (1952) Water Birds (1952) Bear Country (1953) Prowlers of the Everglades (1953)

Features	The Living Desert (1953) The Vanishing Prairie (1954) The African Lion (1955) Secrets of Life (1956) Perri (1957) White Wilderness (1958) Jungle Cat (1960)

Documentary	The Best of Walt Disney's True-Life Adventures (1975)

Related articles	Disneynature People & Places Walt Disney anthology television series

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