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But then the United States entered World War II. Disney had to cut back
on all his work. The United States Army used a part of his studio as a
base for a seven-hundred-man anti-aircraft unit.
The army stayed for seven months. Then, for the next three years, the
studio made educational films for the government. Not until after the war
did work begin again on the new feature length cartoons, Cinderella, Alice
in Wonderland, and Peter Pan.
On a trip to
Alaska, Walt
met two
photographers
named Elma and
Al Milotte.
Of all the film the
Milottes sent in,
Walt liked the
footage on the life
of fur seals best.
The Milottes lived for a
year in the Pribilof Islands
doing just that.
How would you like
so do some movies
of Alaska for me?
The end result was an
award-winning True Life
Adventure called “Seal
Island.”