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Walt Disney Legacy Collection - True Life Adventures, Vol. 1: Wonders Of The World

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These videos are the best of Disney. Watched these when I was a kid and they are 100 times better looking now. Great job Disney. I have all four volumes.

I have been looking for the True Life Adventures on DVD for a long time. I called Disney a few years ago and then said that they at that time had no plans of producing them. So I looked on Ebay for used 16mm sound prints will little findings.

I'm very glad that they are now producing them on DVD they quality of the picture and sound is much better that the 16mm prints that I remember in garde school. A job will done and a long time waiting..

Could you rate it a 10 or 100. Who couldn't love Disney's True Adventures. Yes, there is even a whole channel for animal adventures now, but they were the first--and they were the best. They are pack in a great package; durable and imaginative. The added interviews and backstage scenes are great. I can remember seeing them on their program (in black and white) when I was in first grade. They are wonderful. It was a treat to learn about the couple who filmed them too. Spending years and years filming things they thought was funny or interesting. Then bringing them back and someone putting them together into a story that is loved forever. I have all four of them. And we watch them over and over.

Outstanding, brings back great memories from childhood and my kids love it.

Disney's True-Life Adventure Series is truly timeless! It is sad to hear that they have stopped producing them. They are a wonderful way for children, particularly urban children, to learn about the natural world in which they live. I used them extensively with my primary level students and they always enjoyed them AND they always learned something new each time they saw one of the episodes. Winston Hibler's narration is perfect. Every grandparent should have this whole set to show their young grandchildren.

I've read the criticisms of these sets, and agree that many scenes are probably staged, some to the detriment of the animals. However, the True Life adventures are well done and loved by children and adults. They are not preachy and they do not tell us of the evils of man. They simply encourage a love of nature and the wonderful world God has given us. Kids will hear about the way mankind has misused nature from other sources and because of the love of nature they developed, in part, from this series, perhaps they will be motivated to do something about it. I wish the execs at Disney would create more just like these.

I remembered these from my childhood. The quality is excellent. A must own for anyone wishing to own high quality nature footage. I bought all 4 collections. I recommend them all without reservation. You won't be disappointed.

The reason TLA Vol 1 and Vol 4 are out of print is because they both had issues and require replacement disks to fix the issues. Prowlers of the Everglades had two of the color channels reversed and Secrets of Life is supposed to transition to widescreen for the final reel. I'm guessing Disney must have pulled them from stores and discontinued them. I think it is unfair to charge exorbitant prices for a defective disk that requires replacement. Hopefully they will eventually be released on Blu-ray someday. If you've seen the restored Grand Canyon on the Sleeping Beauty Blu-ray, you'll know the improvement would be well worth the effort.

Educational entertainment of the best kind for the whole family and in fact for everyone. And volume one was extremely difficult and costly to find but well worth every dollar spent and without the Amazon Network It would have been next to Impossible to obtain a copy

bought for my brother...he loved this as a child and now he has his own copy