It's Tough to Be a Bird

It's Tough to Be a Bird is a 1969 educational animated short made by Walt Disney Productions. It was directed and produced by Ward Kimball. The short won the Academy Award for Best Short Subject, Cartoons in 1970 and was nominated for a BAFTA Film Award for Best Animated Film in 1971. This was the last animated short film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios to win an Academy Award, until Paperman in 2013.

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"John Emerson as Bird Fancier"

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"Jim Swain as Bird Fancier"

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"Walter Perkins as Bird Fancier"

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