Winston Hibler
Birthday: 1910-10-08
Place of Birth: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA
Biography: Winston Hibler was an American screenwriter, film producer, director, and narrator associated with Walt Disney Studios. Educated at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, he began his career as a Broadway actor before transitioning to writing for radio, film, and television. Joining Disney in 1942, Hibler contributed as a songwriter, co-writing songs like "Following the Leader" from Peter Pan and "I Wonder" from Sleeping Beauty. He narrated several of Disney's True-Life Adventures documentaries and produced films such as Nikki, Wild Dog of the North (1961) and The Aristocats (1970). Hibler's versatile contributions significantly shaped Disney's storytelling and musical legacy.
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Wales
Wales prides herself in her wealth of natural resources, foundries, mills, and factories. Beyond thi...
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Pablo and the Dancing Chihuahua
A recently orphaned boy living in Mexico has one item that would link him to family, an old letter f...
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Islands of the Sea
This short covers some of the wildlife (predominently birds) on four islands-the Galapagos, Guadelup...
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King of the Grizzlies
Moki, a Cree Indian, is made foreman of a sprawling cattle ranch owned by his former army commander....
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The Last Days of Pompeii
In this action-filled spectacle set in ancient Pompeii, a blacksmith becomes a Roman gladiator, thou...
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Seal Island
Seal Island is a 1948 American documentary film directed by James Algar. It won an Academy Award in ...
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Beaver Valley
The film depicts a young male beaver who must defend his new family against hungry predators, mischi...
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The African Lion
Part of Disney's True-Life Adventures series, this film focuses on the lives of lions in Africa....
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Bear Country
Bear Country is a 1953 American short documentary film directed by James Algar. It won an Academy Aw...
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Secrets of Life
A feature-length documentary showing the changing world of nature, the sky, the sea, the sun, planet...
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Perri
This True Life Fantasy follows and shows how the life of a female squirrel, Perri, in the forest is ...
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Men Against the Arctic
This Academy Award winning short subject documentary follows the United States Coast Guard icebreake...
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The Crisler Story/Prowlers of the Everglades
A look at the people that shot the footage for Disney's True-Life Adventures....
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The Vanishing Prairie
Story of the American Prairie as it was when vast herds of bison and elk grazed....
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Mysteries of the Deep
Mysteries of the Deep is a 1959 Disney nature documentary short film. Though not an official True-Li...
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Seven Cities of Antarctica
In 1955 Operation "Deep Freeze" began. This film tells the story of its purpose - the establishment ...
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Wild Burro of the West
Dusty is a small burro living a quiet life with her elderly master, a farmer in Mexico, until two me...
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The Amazon Awakens
A short film made for the U.S. Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs about the history of the Amazon...
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Little Dog Lost
The story of Candy, a little Welsh Corgi, who's raised by his family from a little puppy. But when h...
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Hold That Pose
Goofy is tired and bored. He needs a hobby and decides to pursue photography. Wildlife is an excelle...
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Chico, the Misunderstood Coyote
A witness to his mother’s death at the hand of a man, the coyote, Chico, has learned to hate and fea...
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Jungle Cat
This final True-Life Adventure would also appear to be one of the best, as we go into the South Amer...
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Flash, The Teenage Otter
Created for Walt Disney Presents television series then expanded by popular demand into a full featu...
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The Best of Walt Disney's True-Life Adventures
Animals of all kinds are filmed in different moments of habitat....
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Sardinia
A train ride takes the audience through the rugged countryside to see the Sardinian people of today....
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The Blue Men of Morocco
The movie presents a mysterious and enigmatic world, a place where more than 40,000 — no one knows p...
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The Pre-Opening Report from Disneyland
With the grand opening of Disneyland just a matter of days away, Walt Disney brings us an update on ...
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Nature's Half Acre
The strange and wonderful world that lies beneath our feet, under leaf, log and rock, peopled by mil...
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The Living Desert
Although first glance reveals little more than stones and sand, the desert is alive. Witness moving ...
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Wonders of the Water Worlds
This tracks the course of a body of water (from brook to lake to sea, etc.) and features the lives o...
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The Olympic Elk
Join the majestic Olympic elk as they traverse the alpine path from their winter home in the lowland...
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Operation Wonderland
1951 behind the scenes featurette of the Walt Disney animated classic....
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Water Birds
Water Birds is a 1952 short documentary film directed by Ben Sharpsteen. The film delves into the st...
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Ida, the Offbeat Eagle
After falling out of her nest, a young eagle is rescued by a rancher, and she in turn, rescues him....
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Samoa
One of Disney's "People and Places" series looking at the Polynesian kingdom of Samoa....
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Behind the Cameras at Lapland/The Alaskan Eskimo
The story of life in the Arctic climate of Lapland. The country is largely made up of nomadic tribes...
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Joker, The Amiable Ocelot
A desert loner adopts an ocelot he finds in an old car, but later realizes that it must be set free....
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