December 10, 1969
It's Tough to Be a Bird is a 1969 American animated educational short film directed by Ward Kimball and produced by Walt Disney Productions. 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 Disney to win an Academy Award until Paperman and thus the final animated cartoon short released by Disney in the golden age of American animation.
Storyline
Sound Effects Used
- CINESOUND - EXPLOSION TYPE 7
- Disney Big Ben Chime
- Disney Castle Thunder
- Disney Stuka Siren
- Disney Thud Sound 1
- Disney - Wood Boing
- H-B HIT, CARTOON - BIG HEAD BONK
- H-B HIT, CARTOON - VERY HEAVY DRUM HIT/Sound Ideas, CRASH, CARTOON - BOING AND BIG CRASH (1st part)
- H-B MAGIC - SHORT DING
- Hollywoodedge, Fst Hvy Metallic Imp CRT017305/Sound Ideas, FALL, CARTOON - TRIP AND FALL 01
- Hollywoodedge, Funny Swish CRT053904
- Hollywoodedge, Long Crash Tire Skid CRT055201
- Hollywoodedge, Long Slow Stretch CRT049403
- Hollywoodedge, Low Pitched Squeak CRT049301
- Hollywoodedge, Quick Whistle Zip By CRT057504
- Hollywoodedge, Rapid Spin Object CRT041601 (Original take.)
- Hollywoodedge, Sharp Quick Snap Rev CRT017603
- Hollywoodedge, Short Strong BuildU CRT025805
- Hollywoodedge, Whistle Spins CRT058601
- Sound Ideas, BOINK, CARTOON - TIMP DOINK
- Sound Ideas, CRASH, WOOD - LARGE WOOD CRUNCH 01
- Sound Ideas, EXPLOSION - HOWITZER EXPLOSION
- Sound Ideas, EXPLOSION - HOWITZER SHELL IN AND EXPLODE



