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White Wilderness is an Academy Award-winning nature commentary produced by Disney in 1958 noted for its splendid visuals as well as its propagation of the myth of lemming suicide. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
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The Academy Award for Documentary Feature is one of the most prestigious awards for documentary films. ...
Walt Disney Pictures logo (2006-present) Walt Disney Pictures refers to several different entities associated with The Walt Disney Company: // Walt Disney Pictures, the film banner, was established as a designation in 1983, prior to which Disney films since the death of Walt Disney were released under the name of...
Year 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Genera Dicrostonyx Lemmus Synaptomys Myopus * Incomplete listing: see vole Lemmings are small rodents, usually found in or near the Arctic, in tundra biomes. ...
The film was directed by James Algar and narrated by Winston Hibler. It was filmed on location in Canada over the course of three years.
Lemming scene
White Wilderness contains a scene that supposedly depicts a mass lemming migration, and ends with the lemmings leaping to their deaths into the Arctic Ocean. However, the entire sequence was staged and does not reflect the true behaviour of lemmings. Genera Dicrostonyx Lemmus Synaptomys Myopus * Incomplete listing: see vole Lemmings are small rodents, usually found in or near the Arctic, in tundra biomes. ...
In reality no migration ever occurred. The sequence was filmed by photographer James R. Simon in Alberta, Canada, which has no lemming population (and indeed no ocean). The filmmakers bought trapped lemmings from Inuit schoolchildren in Manitoba and transported them to the set. A few dozen lemmings, placed on a large, snow-covered turntable and filmed from a variety of angles, became a mass migration. As a grand finale, the captive lemmings were herded over a cliff into a river; in the film, the narrator states that the lemmings are falling into the sea and are on a "suicide drive".[1] Motto: Fortis et liber(Latin) Strong and free Capital Edmonton Largest city Calgary Official languages English (see below) Government - Lieutenant-Governor Norman Kwong - Premier Ed Stelmach (PC) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament - House seats 28 - Senate seats 6 Confederation September 1, 1905 (split from Northwest Territories) (8th [Province]) Area Ranked...
For other uses, see Inuit (disambiguation). ...
Motto: Gloriosus et Liber (Latin: Glorious and free) BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NL YT NT NU Capital Winnipeg Largest city Winnipeg Official languages English Government - Lieutenant-Governor John Harvard - Premier Gary Doer (NDP) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament - House seats 14 - Senate seats 6 Confederation...
Generations of TV-watching schoolchildren grew up on the Disney nature films, and the myth of lemming suicide persists to this day.
Notes - ^ Barbara and David P. Mikkelson, 'White Wilderness'. 1996. Snopes.com.
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