First Steps (1947 film)
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First Steps is a 1947 short documentary film
about the treatment of children with disabilities in India. Produced by the United Nations
and directed by Hans Burger, it won an Academy Award in 1948
for Documentary Short Subject
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Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
about the treatment of children with disabilities in India. Produced by the United Nations
United Nations
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and directed by Hans Burger, it won an Academy Award in 1948
20th Academy Awards
The 20th Academy Awards spread awards around, with no film receiving more than 3 awards, the last time this would happen until the 78th Academy Awards....
for Documentary Short Subject
Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject
This is a list of films by year that have received an Oscar together with the other nominations for best documentary short subject. Following the Academy's practice, the year listed for each film is the year of release: the awards are announced and presented early in the following year.-1940s:*1941...
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