In Beaver Valley
Directed by	James Algar
Written by	Lawrence Edward Watkin Ted Sears
Produced by	Walt Disney
Narrated by	Winston Hibler
Cinematography	Alfred Milotte
Edited by	Norman R. Palmer
Music by	Paul Smith
Production company	Walt Disney Productions
Distributed by	RKO Radio Pictures
Release date	July 19, 1950 (1950-07-19)
Running time	32 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

In Beaver Valley is a 1950 American short documentary film directed by James Algar. The film was produced by Walt Disney as part of the True-Life Adventures series of nature documentaries.^[1] It won an Oscar in 1951 for Best Short Subject (Two-Reel).^[2]^[3] At the 1st Berlin International Film Festival it won the Golden Bear (Documentaries) award.^[4]

Cast

Winston Hibler as Narrator

References

External links

Walt Disney's True-Life Adventures

Walt Disney's True-Life Adventures
Short subjects	Seal Island (1948) In Beaver Valley (1950) Nature's Half Acre (1951) The Olympic Elk (1952) Water Birds (1952) Bear Country (1953) Prowlers of the Everglades (1953)
Features	The Living Desert (1953) The Vanishing Prairie (1954) The African Lion (1955) Secrets of Life (1956) Perri (1957) White Wilderness (1958) Jungle Cat (1960)
Documentary	The Best of Walt Disney's True-Life Adventures (1975)
Related articles	Disneynature People & Places Walt Disney anthology television series

Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film

Short subject
1931–1935

Comedy	The Music Box (1932) So This Is Harris (1933) La Cucaracha (1934) How to Sleep (1935)
Novelty	Wrestling Swordfish (1932) Krakatoa (1933) City of Wax (1934) Wings Over Everest (1935)

Short subject
1936–1956

Color	Give Me Liberty (1936) Penny Wisdom (1937)
One-reel	Bored of Education (1936) The Private Life of the Gannets (1937) That Mothers Might Live (1938) Busy Little Bears (1939) Quicker'n a Wink (1940) Of Pups and Puzzles (1941) Speaking of Animals and Their Families (1942) Amphibious Fighters (1943) Who's Who in Animal Land (1944) Stairway to Light (1945) Facing Your Danger (1946) Goodbye, Miss Turlock (1947) Symphony of a City (1948) Aquatic House Party (1949) Grandad of Races (1950) World of Kids (1951) Light in the Window (1952) Overture to The Merry Wives of Windsor (1953) This Mechanical Age (1954) Survival City (1955) Crashing the Water Barrier (1956)
Two-reel	The Public Pays (1936) Torture Money (1937) Declaration of Independence (1938) Sons of Liberty (1939) Teddy, the Rough Rider (1940) Main Street on the March! (1941) Beyond the Line of Duty (1942) Heavenly Music (1943) I Won't Play (1944) Star in the Night (1945) A Boy and His Dog (1946) Climbing the Matterhorn (1947) Seal Island (1948) Van Gogh (1949) In Beaver Valley (1950) Nature's Half Acre (1951) Water Birds (1952) Bear Country (1953) A Time Out of War (1954) The Face of Lincoln (1955) The Bespoke Overcoat (1956)

Short subject
(live action)
1957–1973

The Wetback Hound (1957)
Grand Canyon (1958)
The Golden Fish (1959)
Day of the Painter (1960)
Seawards the Great Ships (1961)
Heureux Anniversaire (1962)
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (1963)
Casals Conducts: 1964 (1964)
The Chicken (1965)
Wild Wings (1966)
A Place to Stand (1967)
Robert Kennedy Remembered (1968)
The Magic Machines (1969)
The Resurrection of Broncho Billy (1970)
Sentinels of Silence (1971)
Norman Rockwell's World... An American Dream (1972)
The Bolero (1973)

Short film
(live action)
1974–present

One-Eyed Men Are Kings (1974)
Angel and Big Joe (1975)
In the Region of Ice (1976)
I'll Find a Way (1977)
Teenage Father (1978)
Board and Care (1979)
The Dollar Bottom (1980)
Violet (1981)
A Shocking Accident (1982)
Boys and Girls (1983)
Up (1984)
Molly's Pilgrim (1985)
Precious Images (1986)
Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall (1987)
The Appointments of Dennis Jennings (1988)
Work Experience (1989)
The Lunch Date (1990)
Session Man (1991)
Omnibus (1992)
Schwarzfahrer (1993)
Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life / Trevor (1994)
Lieberman in Love (1995)
Dear Diary (1996)
Visas and Virtue (1997)
Election Night (1998)
My Mother Dreams the Satan's Disciples in New York (1999)
Quiero ser (I want to be...) (2000)
The Accountant (2001)
This Charming Man (2002)
Two Soldiers (2003)
Wasp (2004)
Six Shooter (2005)
West Bank Story (2006)
Le Mozart des Pickpockets (2007)
Toyland (2008)
The New Tenants (2009)
God of Love (2010)
The Shore (2011)
Curfew (2012)
Helium (2013)
The Phone Call (2014)
Stutterer (2015)
Sing (2016)
The Silent Child (2017)
Skin (2018)
The Neighbors' Window (2019)
Two Distant Strangers (2020)
The Long Goodbye (2021)
An Irish Goodbye (2022)

BAFTA Award for Best Documentary

BAFTA Award for Best Documentary
1948–1989	Louisiana Story (1948) Daybreak in Udi (1949) The Undefeated (1950) Beaver Valley (1951) Royal Journey (1952) The Conquest of Everest (1953) The Great Adventure (Det Stora äventyret) (1954) The Vanishing Prairie (1955) On the Bowery (1956) Journey into Spring (1957) Glass (Glas) (1958) The Savage Eye (1959) Dispute (1960) Volcano (Le Rendezvous du diable) (1961) Four Line Conics (1962) Individual Honour (1963) Nobody Waved Good-bye (1964) Tokyo Olympiad (1965) Goal! The World Cup (1966) To Die in Madrid (1967) In Need of Special Care (1968) Prologue (1969) Sad Song of Yellow Skin (1970) The Hellstrom Chronicle (1971) Cutting Oils and Fluids (1972) Grierson (1973) Cree Hunters of Mistassini (1974) The Early Americans (1975) The Canadians (Los Canadienses) (1976) No Award (1977) The Silent Witness (1978) The Tree of Wooden Clogs (1979) No Award (1980) Soldier Girls (1981) Burden of Dreams (1982) Schindler (1983) 28 Up (1984) Leonard Bernstein's West Side Story (1985) Shoah (1986) Baka – People of the Rainforest (1987) Death on the Rock (1988) Four Hours in My Lai (1989)
2005	The Orphans of Nkandla (2005)
2011–present	Senna (2011) Searching for Sugar Man (2012) The Act of Killing (2013) Citizenfour (2014) Amy (2015) 13th (2016) I Am Not Your Negro (2017) Free Solo (2018) For Sama (2019) My Octopus Teacher (2020) Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021) Navalny (2022) 20 Days in Mariupol (2023)
Between 1990–2012, the documentaries continued to be honoured at the British Academy Television Awards.

Berlin International Film Festival Golden Bear

Berlin International Film Festival Golden Bear
1951–1975	Cinderella (1951) Four in a Jeep (1951) In Beaver Valley (1951) Justice Is Done (1951) Without Leaving an Address (1951) One Summer of Happiness (1952) The Wages of Fear (1953) Hobson's Choice (1954) Die Ratten (1955) Invitation to the Dance (1956) 12 Angry Men (1957) Wild Strawberries (1958) Les Cousins (1959) El Lazarillo de Tormes (1960) La Notte (1961) A Kind of Loving (1962) Bushido, Samurai Saga (1963) To Bed or Not to Bed (1963) Dry Summer (1964) Alphaville (1965) Cul-de-sac (1966) The Departure (1967) Who Saw Him Die? (1968) Early Works (1969) The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (1971) The Canterbury Tales (1972) Distant Thunder (1973) The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1974) Adoption (1975)
1976–2000	Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson (1976) The Ascent (1977) Ascensor (1978) Las truchas (1978) What Max Said (1978) David (1979) Heartland (1980) Palermo or Wolfsburg (1980) Deprisa, Deprisa (1981) Veronika Voss (1982) Ascendancy (1983) La colmena (1983) Love Streams (1984) Wetherby (1985) The Woman and the Stranger (1985) Stammheim (1986) The Theme (1987) Red Sorghum (1988) Rain Man (1989) Larks on a String (1990) Music Box (1990) The House of Smiles (1991) Grand Canyon (1992) The Wedding Banquet (1993) Woman Sesame Oil Maker (1993) In the Name of the Father (1994) The Bait (1995) Sense and Sensibility (1996) The People vs. Larry Flynt (1997) Central Station (1998) The Thin Red Line (1999) Magnolia (2000)
2001–present	Intimacy (2001) Bloody Sunday (2002) Spirited Away (2002) In This World (2003) Head-On (2004) U-Carmen eKhayelitsha (2005) Grbavica (2006) Tuya's Marriage (2007) Elite Squad (2008) The Milk of Sorrow (2009) Honey (2010) A Separation (2011) Caesar Must Die (2012) Child's Pose (2013) Black Coal, Thin Ice (2014) Taxi (2015) Fire at Sea (2016) On Body and Soul (2017) Touch Me Not (2018) Synonyms (2019) There Is No Evil (2020) Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn (2021) Alcarràs (2022) On the Adamant (2023) Dahomey (2024)