Academy Awards

1939 Academy Awards - Short Subject (1 Reel) WinnerThat Mothers Might LivenullIt's the mid-nineteenth century. As long as there have been hospitals, the joy that women have felt having just given birth in a hospital may be quickly marred by their sudden death due to ...Amazon1939 Academy Awards - Short Subject (1 Reel) NomineesThe Great HeartAmazonTimber ToppersAmazon

1940 Academy Awards - Short Subject (1 Reel) WinnerBusy Little BearsnullThree bear cubs are observed exploring the forests of the Sierra Nevadas, encountering other wildlife, and invading the kitchen of a local ranch house.Amazon1940 Academy Awards - Short Subject (1 Reel) NomineesInformation Please: Series 1, No. 1AmazonProphet Without HonorAmazonSword FishingAmazon

1941 Academy Awards - Short Subject (1 Reel) WinnerQuicker'n a WinkPete SmithIn this Pete Smith Specialty, Dr. Harold E. Edgerton demonstrates stroboscopic photography, which he helped develop. This process allows us to see in slow motion what happens during events ...Amazon1941 Academy Awards - Short Subject (1 Reel) NomineesLondon Can Take It!AmazonMore About NostradamusAmazonSiegeAmazon

1942 Academy Awards - Short Subject (1 Reel) WinnerOf Pups and PuzzlesnullA nation preparing for war must match people with jobs they can do well. This film shows how a Ph.D., a chimp, and three dogs help design aptitude tests for men applying for work. The tests...Amazon1942 Academy Awards - Short Subject (1 Reel) NomineesArmy ChampionsPete SmithAmazonBeauty and the BeachAmazonForty Boys and a SongAmazonKings of the TurfAmazonSagebrush and SilverAmazonSpeaking of Animals Down on the FarmAmazon

1943 Academy Awards - Short Subject (1 Reel) WinnerSpeaking of Animals and Their FamiliesnullAmazon1943 Academy Awards - Short Subject (1 Reel) NomineesDesert WonderlandAmazonMarines in the MakingPete SmithAmazonThe United States Marine BandAmazon

1944 Academy Awards - Short Subject (1 Reel) WinnerAmphibious FightersGrantland RiceAmazon1944 Academy Awards - Short Subject (1 Reel) NomineesCavalcade of DanceGordon HollingsheadAmazonChampions Carry onEdmund ReekAmazonScreen Snapshots Series 23, No. 1: Hollywood in UniformRalph StaubAmazonSeeing HandsPete SmithAmazon

1945 Academy Awards - Short Subject (1 Reel) WinnerWho's Who in Animal LandJerry FairbanksAn Academy Award-winning Paramount Headliner short featuring a tour of the animal kingdon with the animals tossing around quips and jokes via dubbing and special effects. The narration is ...Amazon1945 Academy Awards - Short Subject (1 Reel) Nominees50th Anniversary of Motion PicturesRalph StaubAmazonBlue-Grass GentlemenEdmund ReekAmazonJammin' the BluesGordon HollingsheadAmazonMovie PestsPete SmithAmazon

1946 Academy Awards - Short Subject (1 Reel) WinnerStairway to LightHerbert MoultonThe story of 18th Century French physician Dr. Phillipe Pinel, whose initiated enlightened, humane treatment of the mentally ill.Amazon1946 Academy Awards - Short Subject (1 Reel) NomineesAlong the Rainbow TrailEdmund ReekAmazonScreen Snapshots Series 25, No. 1: 25th AnniversaryRalph StaubAmazonStory of a DogGordon HollingsheadAmazonWhite RhapsodyGrantland RiceAmazonYour National GalleryJoseph O'BrienAmazon

1947 Academy Awards - Short Subject (1 Reel) WinnerFacing Your DangerGordon HollingsheadPar of the Warner Brothers Sports Parade series, this short film chronicles the attempt by a group of men to navigate the Colorado river through the Grand Canyon to Lake Mead. Led by Norman...Amazon1947 Academy Awards - Short Subject (1 Reel) NomineesDive-Hi ChampsJack EatonAmazonGolden HorsesEdmund ReekAmazonSmart as a FoxGordon HollingsheadAmazonSure CuresPete SmithAmazon

1948 Academy Awards - Short Subject (1 Reel) WinnerGoodbye, Miss TurlockHerbert MoultonNarrator John Nesbitt laments the disappearance of the rural one-room schoolhouse in America. He reminisces about his own days as a student in such a school and how his teacher, Miss ...Amazon1948 Academy Awards - Short Subject (1 Reel) NomineesBrooklyn, U.S.A.Thomas MeadAmazonMoon RocketsJerry FairbanksAmazonNow You See ItPete SmithAmazonSo You Want to Be in PicturesGordon HollingsheadAmazon