Battle for Life explained

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.

Battle for Life films were made with specially designed cameras.[1]

Filmography

City of Wax
Producer:Horace Woodard
Stacy Woodard
Narrator:Gayne Whitman
Distributor:Fox Film Corporation
Runtime:20 minutes
Country:United States
Language:English

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]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Erickson, Hal. A Van Beuren Production: A History of the 619 Cartoons, 875 Live Action Shorts, Four Feature Films and One Serial of Amedee Van Beuren. October 1, 2020. McFarland. 9781476640983. Google Books.
  2. Web site: Catalog of Copyright Entries. 1933.
  3. Book: Erickson, Hal. A Van Beuren Production: A History of the 619 Cartoons, 875 Live Action Shorts, Four Feature Films and One Serial of Amedee Van Beuren. October 1, 2020. McFarland. 9781476640983. Google Books.
  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. Web site: The 7th Academy Awards (1935) Nominees and Winners . August 7, 2011. oscars.org. https://web.archive.org/web/20110706093704/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/7th-winners.html. July 6, 2011 . live.
  6. Web site: New York Times: City of Wax . May 12, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110520020709/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/300640/City-of-Wax/details . May 20, 2011 . Movies & TV Dept. . . 2011 . dead .
  7. Web site: Preserved Projects. Academy Film Archive.