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Seal Island

1948 American documentary film directed by James Algar
Movie short_film Q1144028
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Summary

Seal Island is a short film[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of short film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (282 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Academy Award for Best Short Subject, Two-reel[3]
  • Director: James Algar[4]
  • Composer: Oliver Wallace[5]
  • Genre: nature documentary[6], documentary film[7]
  • Producer: Walt Disney[8]
  • Part of the series: True-Life Adventures[9]
  • Production company: The Walt Disney Company[10]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[11]
  • Color: color[12], black-and-white[13]
  • Country of origin: United States[14]
  • Publication date: December 21, 1948[15], March 29, 1950[16], April 16, 1951[17], May 18, 1951[18], December 6, 1951[19], March 7, 1952[20], April 1, 1952[21], June 2, 1952[22], February 25, 1954[23], September 16, 1954[24]
  • Distributed by: RKO Pictures[25]
  • Main subject: Pribilof Islands[26]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Short Subject, Two-reel[27], BAFTA Award for Best Documentary[28]
  • Executive producer: Ben Sharpsteen[29]
  • Title: Seal Island[30]
  • Duration: 26 minutes[31]
  • CNC film rating (France): no age restriction[32]

Why It Matters

Seal Island has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

FAQs

What awards did Seal Island receive?

Honors received include Academy Award for Best Short Subject, Two-reel[3].

Related Entities

RKO Pictures The Walt Disney Company United States Walt Disney

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . oscars.org. oscars.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . blog.disneystore.com. blog.disneystore.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . cnc.fr. Retrieved . cnc.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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