Water Birds

Water Birds

Water Birds

6.9/ 10

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1952

Release Year

30 min

Runtime

Documentary

Family

Overview

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 blue wilderness of the vast oceans, to experience the beauty and variety of their majestic birds, each perfectly designed for its habitat. It won the Oscar for Best Short Subject, Two-Reel.

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Keywords

nature

pelican

flamingo

nature documentary

short film

bird

documentary short

gannet

heron

Cast

Winston Hibler

Winston Hibler

Narrator

Images

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

November 30, 2025

6

6/10

With some help from Franz Liszt and a lively narration from Winston Hibler, this half hour feature takes us to an ornithologists paradise as we meet a myriad of bird life that live on or near the water. From the tiniest of term chicks, to black albatrosses, pelicans and precision-diving gannets the …

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