Nature’s Strangest Oddballs (television)

Nature’s Strangest Oddballs (television) Television show; aired on March 29, 1970. Directed by Les Clark, Hamilton S. Luske. Professor Ludwig Von Drake looks at animals who have not changed greatly over the years, such as the platypus, iguana, koala, and anteater. The story of The Cold-Blooded Penguin from The Three Caballeros and Goliath II are …

Nature’s Strangest Creatures (film)

Nature’s Strangest Creatures (film) Featurette; released on March 19, 1959. Produced by Ben Sharpsteen. Filmed in Australia by Alfred and Elma Milotte. Since Australia broke from the Asiatic mainland many eons ago, it has developed a unique and exotic population of wildlife, free from outside influences. Such creatures as the giant bat, the duck-billed platypus, …

Nature’s Half Acre (film)

Nature’s Half Acre (film) True-Life Adventure featurette; released on July 28, 1951. Directed by James Algar; photographed by Murl Deusing and eight other photographers; music by Paul Smith; narrated by Winston Hibler. Academy Award winner for Best Two-Reel Short Subject. 33 min. The film tells the story of the amazing amount of life to be …

Nature’s Wild Heart (film)

Nature’s Wild Heart (film) Educational film; two city children spend a summer in the Canadian wilderness and learn some of the wonders of the natural world. Released in November 1973. The film is from the television program, Wild Heart.

Nature’s Charter Tours (television)

Nature’s Charter Tours (television) Television show; aired on April 28, 1968. Directed by Hamilton S. Luske. Ranger J. Audubon Woodlore looks at migration, using footage from White Wilderness and Seal Island.

National Treasure: Book of Secrets (film)

National Treasure: Book of Secrets (film) When a missing page from the diary of assassin John Wilkes Booth surfaces, treasure hunter Ben Gates discovers that his great-great grandfather, Thomas Gates, is implicated as a key conspirator in Abraham Lincoln’s death. Determined to prove his ancestor’s innocence, Ben uses portions of a cipher on the page …

Nature’s Better Built Homes (television)

Nature’s Better Built Homes (television) Television show; aired on March 2, 1969. Directed by Ward Kimball, Hamilton S. Luske. Ranger J. Audubon Woodlore hosts a look at beavers, birds, squirrels, bees, and other animals, with cartoon and live-action film clips. Narrated by Olan Soulé.

National Treasure (film)

National Treasure (film) A patriotic, third-generation treasure-hunter, Benjamin Franklin Gates, has spent his life searching for a great treasure that no one believed existed. Hidden by our Founding Fathers, they left clues to the treasure’s location right before our eyes—from our nation’s birthplace, to the nation’s Capitol, to clues buried within the symbols on the …

Nature of Things, The—The Camel (film)

Nature of Things, The—The Camel (film) Jiminy Cricket tells the story of the camel for the Mickey Mouse Club; later released in 16mm for schools (June 1956).

Nature of Things, The—The Elephant (film)

Nature of Things, The—The Elephant (film) Jiminy Cricket uses animation and live action to tell the story of the elephant on the Mickey Mouse Club; later released in 16mm for schools (June 1956).