Secrets of Life

Name: Secrets of Life
Genre: Documentary, Family
Released: 1956-11-06
Duration: 1 h 10 min
Rating: 7.3
Cast: Winston Hibler

1956
Approved
1h 10m

IMDb RATING

7.3/10

354

YOUR RATING

Documentary Family

An overview of the changing world of nature, focusing on plants, bees, sea creatures, and volcanoes. Nature's strange and intricate methods of perpetuating life allow for species survival.An overview of the changing world of nature, focusing on plants, bees, sea creatures, and volcanoes. Nature's strange and intricate methods of perpetuating life allow for species survival.An overview of the changing world of nature, focusing on plants, bees, sea creatures, and volcanoes. Nature's strange and intricate methods of perpetuating life allow for species survival.

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IMDb RATING

7.3/10

354

YOUR RATING

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Awards
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Trivia
Ant sequences were filmed by Robert H. Crandall, known as the Ant Man of Altadena, using a photo-microscopy set-up in his Altadena, California home and garden.

Quotes
On-screen prologue: This is an authentic story of nature's secret world... of her strange and intricate designs for survival... and her many methods of perpetuating life. These intimate and unusual scenes were made possible through the development of new photographic techniques... and through the skill and patience of many scientist-photographers.

Connections
Featured in The Mickey Mouse Club: Guest Star Day: The Birk Twins (1956)

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Review

Featured review

9/10

probably saw this as a kid in school

I don't know when I first saw this Disney documentary. I certainly remember seeing some of the time-lapse photography of plants and the closeup insect footage although it's possible that Disney repurposed them in later movies. It's very probable that I saw this in grade school.

The movie starts with a bit of animation about the birth of the world and animations form breaks between sections of the movie. The time-lapse photography is memorable. The seeds moving around is a wonder every time. The montage is beautiful. Winston Hibler's narration is old timey. The close up footage of insects are amazing. This is an early nature film from Disney. It is truly the wonderful world of Disney. This is definitely educational but also beautiful to behold. The ants battle is gruesome. There is no Disneyfying the dog eat dog nature of the world. It is eat or be eaten. This movie doesn't shy away.