Academy Awards

1976 Academy Awards - Documentary (Short Subject) WinnerThe End of the GameClaire WilburAmazon1976 Academy Awards - Documentary (Short Subject) NomineesArthur and LillieJon ElseAmazonMillions of Years Ahead of ManManfred BaierAmazonProbes in SpaceGeorge CaseyAmazonWhistling SmithBarrie HowellsAmazon

1977 Academy Awards - Documentary (Short Subject) WinnerNumber Our DaysLynne LittmanA documentary study of a community of elderly Jews in Venice, California.Amazon1977 Academy Awards - Documentary (Short Subject) NomineesAmerican ShoeshineSparky GreeneAmazonBlackwoodTony IanzeloAmazonThe End of the RoadJohn ArmstrongAmazonUniverseLester NovrosAmazon

1978 Academy Awards - Documentary (Short Subject) WinnerGravity Is My EnemyJohn C. JosephA look at artist Mark Hicks of Manhattan Beach, California, a quadriplegic since falling out of a tree at age 14. His work is examined, along with a discussion of his being a student at ...Amazon1978 Academy Awards - Documentary (Short Subject) NomineesAgueda Martinez: Our People, Our CountryMoctesuma EsparzaAmazonFirst EditionHelen WhitneyAmazonOf Time, Tombs and TreasuresJames R. MessengerAmazonThe Shetland ExperienceDouglas GordonAmazon

1979 Academy Awards - Documentary (Short Subject) WinnerThe Flight of the Gossamer CondorJacqueline Phillips SheddThe Flight of the Gossamer Condor tells the inspiring true story of history's first successful human-powered flight. Renowned inventor Dr. Paul MacCready and his team were filmed creating ...Amazon1979 Academy Awards - Documentary (Short Subject) NomineesAn Encounter with FacesK.K. KapilAmazonGoodnight Miss AnnAugust CinquegranaAmazonSquires of San QuentinJ. Gary MitchellAmazonThe Divided Trail: A Native American OdysseyJerry AronsonAmazon

1980 Academy Awards - Documentary (Short Subject) WinnerPaul Robeson: Tribute to an ArtistSaul J. TurellAn examination of the life of actor and singer Paul Robeson, from his first major triumphs on the stage in the 1920s through his gradually increasing social activism in the 1930s and 1940s,...Amazon1980 Academy Awards - Documentary (Short Subject) NomineesDaeRisto TeofilovskiAmazonKoryo CeladonDonald A. ConnollyAmazonNailsPhillip BorsosAmazonRemember MeDick YoungAmazon

1981 Academy Awards - Documentary (Short Subject) WinnerKarl Hess: Toward LibertyRoland HalléA look at Karl Hess, libertarian intellectual and activist, from his background as a magazine editor in his youth to his work as a Republican speechwriter, as he became simultaneously a ...Amazon1981 Academy Awards - Documentary (Short Subject) NomineesDon't Mess with BillJohn WatsonAmazonIt's the Same WorldDick YoungAmazonLuther Metke at 94Richard HawkinsAmazonThe Eruption of Mount St. Helens!George CaseyAmazon

1982 Academy Awards - Documentary (Short Subject) WinnerClose HarmonyNigel NobleA chorus of 4th- and 5th-graders at the Brooklyn Friends School and a chorus of elderly retirees at a Brooklyn Jewish seniors' center combine to give an annual joint concert. Practicing ...Amazon1982 Academy Awards - Documentary (Short Subject) NomineesAmericas in TransitionObie BenzAmazonJourney for SurvivalDick YoungAmazonSee What I SayLinda ChapmanAmazonUrge to BuildRoland HalléAmazon

1983 Academy Awards - Documentary (Short Subject) WinnerIf You Love This PlanetEdward Le LorrainAn Australian pediatrician gives a speech on the consequences of a nuclear war.Amazon1983 Academy Awards - Documentary (Short Subject) NomineesGods of MetalRobert RichterAmazonThe Klan: A Legacy of Hate in AmericaCharles GuggenheimAmazonTo Live or Let DieFreida Lee MockAmazonTraveling HopefullyJohn G. AvildsenAmazon

1984 Academy Awards - Documentary (Short Subject) WinnerFlamenco at 5:15Cynthia ScottFor a few weeks each year, in the depths of winter, senior students at the National Ballet School of Canada are treated to a style of dance that is unlike any other - flamenco.Amazon1984 Academy Awards - Documentary (Short Subject) NomineesIhr zent freiDea BrokmanAmazonIn the Nuclear Shadow: What Can the Children Tell Us?Vivienne Verdon-RoeAmazonSewing WomanArthur DongAmazonSpaces: The Architecture of Paul RudolphBob EisenhardtAmazon

1985 Academy Awards - Documentary (Short Subject) WinnerThe Stone CarversMarjorie HuntA look at some of the last stone carvers working in the United States, those completing the sculptures adorning the Washington National Cathedral. They discuss their craft and the cultural ...Amazon1985 Academy Awards - Documentary (Short Subject) NomineesCode Gray: Ethical Dilemmas in NursingBen AchtenbergAmazonRecollections of PavlovskIrina KalininaAmazonThe Children of Soong Ching LingGary BushAmazonThe Garden of EdenLawrence R. HottAmazon