Battle for Life

City of Wax
City of Wax
Produced by	Horace Woodard; Stacy Woodard
Narrated by	Gayne Whitman
Distributed by	Fox Film Corporation
Release date	February 9, 1934;
Running time	20 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Battle for Life is a nature documentary series made from 1932 until 1934 by Horace Woodard and Stacy Woodard, The short films include the 1935 Oscar award-winning City of Wax, about honey bees. The one-reel short films were released by Educational Pictures. A homemade camera setup for closeups was used. The Woodards followed the series with another series titled Struggle to Live.^[1]

Battle for Life films were made with specially designed cameras.^[2]

Filmography[edit]

Beneath Our Feet (1933)^[3]
City of Wax (1934)^[1]

City of Wax[edit]

City of Wax is a 1934 American short documentary film produced by Horace and Stacy Woodard about the life of a bee.^[4] It won the Oscar at the 7th Academy Awards in 1935 for Best Short Subject (Novelty).^[5]^[6] The Academy Film Archive preserved City of Wax in 2007.^[7]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b Erickson, Hal (October 1, 2020). A Van Beuren Production: A History of the 619 Cartoons, 875 Live Action Shorts, Four Feature Films and One Serial of Amedee Van Beuren. McFarland. ISBN 9781476640983 – via Google Books.
^ Erickson, Hal (October 1, 2020). A Van Beuren Production: A History of the 619 Cartoons, 875 Live Action Shorts, Four Feature Films and One Serial of Amedee Van Beuren. McFarland. ISBN 9781476640983 – via Google Books.
^ "Catalog of Copyright Entries". 1933.
^ THOMAS M. PRYOR. FULFILLING A PROMISE; Film Producers Open Their Vaults to Promote Education by Pictures. New York Times July 9, 1939, Sunday p 113
^ "The 7th Academy Awards (1935) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
^ "New York Times: City of Wax". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. 2011. Archived from the original on May 20, 2011. Retrieved May 12, 2008.
^ "Preserved Projects". Academy Film Archive.

External links[edit]

City of Wax at IMDb

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[strug-1] Erickson, Hal (October 1, 2020). A Van Beuren Production: A History of the 619 Cartoons, 875 Live Action Shorts, Four Feature Films and One Serial of Amedee Van Beuren. McFarland. ISBN 9781476640983 – via Google Books.

[2] Erickson, Hal (October 1, 2020). A Van Beuren Production: A History of the 619 Cartoons, 875 Live Action Shorts, Four Feature Films and One Serial of Amedee Van Beuren. McFarland. ISBN 9781476640983 – via Google Books.

[3] "Catalog of Copyright Entries". 1933.

[4] THOMAS M. PRYOR. FULFILLING A PROMISE; Film Producers Open Their Vaults to Promote Education by Pictures. New York Times July 9, 1939, Sunday p 113

[Oscars1935-5] "The 7th Academy Awards (1935) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved August 7, 2011.

[NY_Times-6] "New York Times: City of Wax". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. 2011. Archived from the original on May 20, 2011. Retrieved May 12, 2008.

[7] "Preserved Projects". Academy Film Archive.

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