''The Vanishing Prairie'' is a 1954 American

documentary film A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional film, motion-picture intended to "document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". Bill Nichols (film critic), Bil ...

directed by

James Algar James Algar (June 11, 1912 – February 26, 1998) was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. He worked at Walt Disney Productions for 43 years and received the Disney Legends award in 1998. He was born in Modesto, California ...

and released by

Walt Disney Productions The Walt Disney Company, commonly known as Disney (), is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios complex in Burbank, California. Disney was originally founded on October ...

. The theme music was given a set of lyrics by Hazel "Gil" George. It was rechristened as "Pioneer's Prayer" in ''

Westward Ho, the Wagons! ''Westward Ho the Wagons!'' is a 1956 American Western film starring Fess Parker and Kathleen Crowley and produced by Walt Disney Productions. Based on Mary Jane Carr's novel ''Children of the Covered Wagon'', the film was produced by Bill Wal ...

'', a western film about pioneers on the

Oregon Trail The Oregon Trail was a east–west, large-wheeled wagon route and Westward Expansion Trails, emigrant trail in the United States that connected the Missouri River to valleys in Oregon. The eastern part of the Oregon Trail spanned part of what ...

. ''The Vanishing Prairie'' was released on video in 1985, and 1993 in United States.

Synopsis

Cast

Awards

* 5th Berlin International Film Festival: Big Gold Medal (Documentaries and Culture Films) *

Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary education, secondary or tertiary education, tertiary higher education, higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membershi ...

(1954)

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* 1954 films Best Documentary Feature Academy Award winners Films shot in Oregon Documentary films about nature Disney documentary films 1950s English-language films American documentary films Films directed by James Algar 1954 documentary films Films produced by Ben Sharpsteen Films produced by Walt Disney Films scored by Paul Smith (film and television composer) Walt Disney Pictures films Films with screenplays by Winston Hibler 1950s American films {{nature-documentary-film-stub