Ben Sharpsteen Movies

Water Birds is a 1952 short documentary film directed by Ben Sharpsteen. The film delves into the still waters of lagoons and marshes to the wild...

Mickey Mouse and several other characters are on a prison chain gang, guarded by Pegleg Pete. They break rocks for a while, then Mickey breaks out a...

A group of beavers cheerily build a dam.

A group of confectionary soldiers go to war against a neighboring cookie castle.

Walt Disney presents a preview for both his upcoming park called Disneyland and several episodes of the show to come. Then the show focuses primarily...

A sailor doll, thrown into a toy dump, rallies the demoralized dolls that were already there.

A collection of arctic animals (seals, walruses, polar bears, penguins) float by on ice floes and on shore, performing various musical numbers.

A train ride takes the audience through the rugged countryside to see the Sardinian people of today. Their independence and self-reliance is...

A pet shop specializing in birds. The various caged birds chirp along to the score in their various styles (including a set of birds that looks like...

A cat, being sent out for the night, begins to make trouble for some birds. He later has a nightmare that the birds grow and begin to extract their...

The monkeys are swinging; their song and dance routine has other jungle creatures joining in. And two monkeys in love chase and kiss. But the hungry...

A look at the people that shot the footage for Disney's True-Life Adventures.

Mysteries of the Deep is a 1959 Disney nature documentary short film. Though not an official True-Life Adventures film, it did accompany the release...

The movie presents a mysterious and enigmatic world, a place where more than 40,000 — no one knows precisely how many — descendants of...

Documentary short film demonstrating the process by which waste fats from the kitchens of American homes can be transformed into the raw materials...

The title pretty much says it: fish and other marine life dance and frolic to various tunes. An octopus keeps spoiling the fun in various ways.

The story of the Navajo, at work and play, in the Southwestern United States, and in particular, in scenic Monument Valley. The film focuses on a...

A clip-show music video for the album of the same name and vintage. Includes 5 songs from the album ("Mousetrap", "Disco Mickey Mouse", "Watch Out...

Oscar winning documentary short from 1958

The people who live along the Danube are studied along with their traditions, in which they take great pride. Both old and new customs and festivals...