Film Bear Country

It won an Oscar at the 26th Academy Awards in 1954 for Best Short Subject (Two-Reel). The film was produced by Walt Disney as part of the True-Life Adventures series of nature documentaries, and played with Peter Pan during its original theatrical run.

Bear Country
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	James Algar
Written by	James Algar
Produced by	Ben Sharpsteen Walt Disney
Narrated by	Winston Hibler
Edited by	Lloyd L. Richardson
Music by	Paul J. Smith
Production company	Walt Disney Productions
Distributed by	RKO Radio Pictures
Release date	February 5, 1953 (1953-02-05)
Running time	33 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

• Winston Hibler as Narrator

Bosley Crowther of The New York Times wrote that the film "follows in the excellent series of nature films that have been produced by the Disney studio, such as Seal Island and Water Birds".

Variety called it "one of the more delightful True-Life Adventure documentaries in the Walt Disney series ... calculated to enchant viewers of all ages".

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "As usual in this series, the material itself is pleasantly photographed and has considerable interest. This is vitiated, however, by the irritatingly facetious tone of the commentary and by the apparent determination to make the bears appear as 'human' as possible—the set-piece, in this case, is a scene of the bears laboriously scratching themselves, to a characteristic musical accompaniment".