Mysteries of the Deep

  • Documentary
  • Family
12/16/1959
24

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Mysteries of the Deep is a 1959 Disney nature documentary short film. Though not an official True-Life Adventures film, it did accompany the release of The Vanishing Prairie and was included on the Walt Disney Legacy Collection's True Life Adventures releases as a bonus feature. It is narrated by Winston Hibler. The film is a panorama of animals inhabiting the sea near the coast: dolphins, sharks, whales, crabs, rays and fish of all kinds.

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      • Geronimo1967

        Though I thought Winston Hibbler's narration rather pedestrian and Oliver Wallace has rather intrusively scored this as if it were one of Disney's more famous animations, it's still quite an enjoyable dip in the deep with some fine oceanic photography. I can never see enough of whales - especially when they are breaching. They've even managed to capture some pictures of baby dolphin being born, too. The rest of this is all fairly standard fayre illustrating the whole concept of the survival of the fittest several hundred feet under the water. The squabbling jawfish could have inspired the gophers in "When the Dust Settles" (1997) and just about everything is trying to make an home or a snack - or both - out of everything else. The octopuses...

        January 30, 2025

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