Birds in the Spring Birds in the Spring Birds in the Spring is a "Silly Symphonies" animated Disney short film. It was released in 1933. Various birds are seen building nests and caring for eggs. One pair anxiously awaits the hatching of three eggs, then joyfully summon all the other birds to see their new, noisy hatchlings. Time jumps forward to when the hatchlings are fully fledged, learning to sing and fly. One becomes lost and explores the ground, encountering grasshoppers, humming birds and then a rattlesnake that attempts to eat the baby bird. The bird manages to lead the snake into tying itself
To Fly! States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry. The movie was shown in 1979 at Six Flags Great America theme park's "Pictorium" and was the first movie shown at the new theatres. "To Fly!" was the highest grossing documentary of all time before the release of "Fahrenheit 9/11" in 2004. It has grossed $86.6 million domestically and $120.7 million worldwide, which it has accumulated during its decades in release. The movie is still shown daily at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. To Fly! To Fly! is a 1976 documentary film