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LIST OF WINNERS

1940s

1941 - '' Churchill's Island '' - National Film Board Of Canada

1942 - none given

1943 - '' December 7th '' - United States Navy

1944 - '' With The Marines At Tarawa '' - United States Marine Corps

1945 - '' Hitler Lives? '' - Gordon Hollingshead , Producer

1946 - '' Seeds Of Destiny '' - United States Department Of War

1947 - '' First Steps '' - United Nations Division Of Films And Visual Information

1948 - '' Toward Independence '' - United States Army

1949 - (tie):

---'' A Chance To Live '' - Richard De Rochemont , Producer

---'' So Much For So Little '' - Edward Selzer , Producer

1950s

1950 - '' Why Korea? '' - Edmund Reek , Producer

1951 - '' Benjy '' - Made by Fred Zinnemann with the cooperation of Paramount Pictures Corporation for the Los Angeles Orthopaedic Hospital

1952 - '' Neighbours '' - Norman McLaren , Producer - National Film Board Of Canada

1953 - '' The Alaskan Eskimo '' - Walt Disney , Producer

1954 - '' Thursday's Children '' - World Wide Pictures And Morse Films

1955 - '' Men Against The Arctic '' - Walt Disney , Producer

1956 - '' The True Story Of The Civil War '' - Louis Clyde Stoumen , Producer

1957 - none given

1958 - '' Ama Girls '' - Ben Sharpsteen , Producer

1959 - '' Glass '' - Bert Haanstra , Producer

1960s

1960 - '' Giuseppina '' - James Hill , Producer

1961 - '' Project Hope '' - Frank P. Bibas , Producer

1962 - '' Dylan Thomas '' - Jack Howells , Producer

1963 - '' Chagall '' - Simon Schiffrin , Producer

1964 - '' Nine From Little Rock '' - Charles Guggenheim , Producer

1965 - '' To Be Alive! '' - Francis Thompson , Producer

1966 - '' A Year Toward Tomorrow '' - Edmond A. Levy , Producer

1967 - '' The Redwoods '' - Mark Harris and Trevor Greenwood , Producers

1968 - '' Why Man Creates '' - Saul Bass , Producer

1969 - '' Czechoslovakia 1968 '' - Denis Sanders and Robert M. Fresco , Producers

1970s

1970 - '' Interviews With My Lai Veterans '' - Joseph Strick , Producer

1971 - '' Sentinels Of Silence '' - Manuel Arango and Robert Amram , Producers

1972 - '' This Tiny World '' - Charles Huguenot Van Der Linden and Martina Huguenot Van Der Linden , Producers

'' - Julian Krainin and DeWitt L. Sage, Jr. , Producers

1974 - '' Don't '' - Robin Lehman , Producer

1975 - '' The End Of The Game '' - Claire Wilbur and Robin Lehman , Producers

1976 - '' Number Our Days '' - Lynne Littman and Barbara Myerhoff , Producers

1977 - '' Gravity Is My Enemy '' - John Joseph and Jan Stussy , Producers

1978 - '' The Flight Of The Gossamer Condor '' - Jacqueline Phillips Shedd and Ben Shedd , Producers

'' - Saul J. Turell , Producer

1980s

'' - Roland Hallé and Peter W. Ladue , Producer

1981 - '' Close Harmony '' - Nigel Noble , Producer

1982 - '' If You Love This Planet '' - Edward Le Lorrain and Terri Nash , Producers - National Film Board Of Canada

'' - Cynthia Scott and Adam Symansky , Producers - National Film Board Of Canada

--- '' Sewing Woman '' - Arthur Dong , Producer

1984 - '' The Stone Carvers '' - Marjorie Hunt and Paul Wagner , Producers

'' - David Goodman , Producer

1986 - '' Women--for America, For The World '' - Vivienne Verdon-Roe , Producer

---'' Sam ''

---'' Red Grooms; Sunflower In A Hothouse ''

---'' The Master Of Disaster ''

---'' Debonair Dancers ''

1987 - '' Young At Heart '' - Sue Marx and Pamela Conn , Producers

---'' In The Wee Wee Hours ''

---'' Silver Into Gold ''

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---'' Language Says It All ''

1988 - '' You Don't Have To Die '' - William Guttentag and Malcolm Clarke , Producers

---'' Gang Cops ''

---'' Family Gathering ''

---'' The Children's Storefront ''

---'' Portrait Of Imogen ''

1989 - '' The Johnstown Flood '' - Charles Guggenheim , Producer

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---'' Fine Food, Fine Pastries, Open 6 To 9 ''

1990s

1990 - '' Days Of Waiting '' - Steven Okazaki , Producer

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---'' Burning Down Tomorrow ''

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'' - Debra Chasnoff , Producer

---'' A Little Vicious ''

---'' The Mark Of The Maker ''

---'' Birdnesters Of Thailand ''

---'' Memorial Letters From American ''

1992 - '' Educating Peter '' - Thomas C. Goodwin And Gerardine Wurzburg

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---'' The Colours Of My Father A Portrait Of Sam Borenstein ''

1993 - '' Defending Our Lives '' - Margaret Lazarus, Renner Wunderlich

---'' Chicks In White Satin ''

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1994 - '' A Time For Justice '' - Charles Guggenheim

---'' 89MM OD Europy ''

---'' School Of Assassins ''

---'' Blues Highway ''

---'' Straight From The Heart ''

1995 - '' One Survivor Remembers '' - Kary Antholis

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---'' The Shadow Of Hate ''

---'' The Living Sea ''

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'' - Jessica Yu director, producer, writer and editor

---'' Cosmic Voyage ''

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---'' An Essay On Matisse ''

1997 - '' A Story Of Healing '' - Donna Dewey , Carol Pasternak

---'' Amazon ''

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---'' Daughter Of The Brise ''

'' - Keiko Ibi

---'' A Place In The Land ''

---'' Sunrise Over Tiananmen Square '' - National Film Board Of Canada

1999 - '' King Gimp '' - Susan Hannah Hadary , William A. Whiteford

---'' Eyewitness ''

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2000s

2000 - '' Big Mama '' - Tracy Seretean

---'' Curtain Call ''

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---'' The Man On Lincoln's Nose ''

2001 - '' Thoth '' - Sarah Kernochan and Lynn Appelle

---'' Sing! ''

---'' Artists And Orphans ''

2002 - '' Twin Towers '' - Bill Guttentag , Robert David Port , Robert Port directors

--- '' The Collector Of Bedford Street '' - Welcome Change Productions - Alice Elliott producer and director

--- '''' - Tell the Truth Pictures - Robert Hudson producer - Robert Houston director

--- '' Why Can't We Be A Family Again? '' - Roger Weisberg , Murray Nossel directors

2003 - '' Chernobyl Heart '' - Maryann DeLeo

---'' Asylum '' - Sandy McLeod and Gini Reticker

---'' Ferry Tales '' - Katja Esson

'' – Robert Hudson and Bobby Houston

--- '' Autism Is A World '' – Gerardine Wurzburg

--- '' The Children Of Leningradsky '' – Hanna Polak and Andrzej Celinski

--- '' Hardwood '' – Hubert Davis and Erin Faith Young

--- '' Sister Rose’s Passion '' – Oren Jacoby and Steve Kalafer

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---'' God Sleeps In Rwanda ''

---'' The Mushroom Club ''

2006 - '' The Blood Of Yingzhou District ''

---'' Two Hands ''

---'' Recycled Life ''

---'' Rehearsing A Dream ''

"INAPPROPRIATE" CATEGORIZATIONS FOR ''BENJY'' (1951) AND ''NEIGHBOURS'' (1952)

A press release issued by AMPAS states that "Documentary Short Subject winners "Benjy" (1951) and "Neighbours" (1952) are among a group of films that not only competed, but won Academy Awards in what were clearly inappropriate categories." {Link without Title}