People and Places - When
Walt Disney
decided to omit all evidence of humans in his
first True-Life Adventure film, "Seal Island," he
had a large amount of leftover Alaskan footage
detailing the Eskimos and their lifestyle which
had been filmed by his photographers. That
footage was eventually edited into the first
People and Places featurette, "The Alaskan
Eskimo," in 1953 and it won an Oscar. That
successful film began a travelogue series of 17
films, which would continue for the next 7 years,
and include visits to such places as Switzerland,
Japan, Morocco, Lapland, Portugal, Wales,
Scotland, Sardinia, and Antarctica.
