1958Disney's "White Wilderness"
The story behind it
Lemmings don't throw themselves to their deaths. For a 1958 Disney film, they were pushed off a cliff.
The scene was shot in Alberta, the "mass migration" with a few dozen animals on a snow-covered turntable. What is real: lemming numbers swing. When it gets too crowded, some species move away, swim across water – and sometimes drown.
