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Oscar Short Films: 1940s

38 winners · 225 nominees · 10 ceremonies

1949 — 21th Academy Awards →

🏆 Winner The Little Orphan William Hanna, Joseph Barbera Short Subject, Cartoon Watch →
🏆 Winner A Chance to Live Documentary Short Subject
🏆 Winner Symphony of a City Short Subject, One-Reel
🏆 Winner Seal Island Short Subject, Two-Reel
Nominee Toy Tinkers Walt Disney Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee Magic Fluke Stephen Bosustow Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee Hatch Up Your Troubles Fred Quimby Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee Tea for Two Hundred Jack Hannah Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee Robin Hoodlum John Hubley Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee Mouse Wreckers Chuck Jones Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee Mickey and the Seal Charles A. Nichols Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee Operation Vittles United States Army Air Force Documentary Short Subject
Nominee Heart to Heart Herbert Morgan Documentary Short Subject
Nominee The Rising Tide Documentary Short Subject
Nominee 1848 Documentary Short Subject
Nominee You Can't Win Pete Smith Short Subject, One-Reel
Nominee So You Want to Be on the Radio Gordon Hollingshead Short Subject, One-Reel
Nominee So You Think You're Not Guilty Short Subject, One-Reel
Nominee Cinderella Horse Short Subject, One-Reel
Nominee Annie Was a Wonder Short Subject, One-Reel
Nominee Snow Capers Arthur Cohen Short Subject, Two-Reel
Nominee Going to Blazes! Herbert Morgan Short Subject, Two-Reel
Nominee Samba-Mania Short Subject, Two-Reel
Nominee Going to Blazes Short Subject, Two-Reel
Nominee Calgary Stampede Short Subject, Two-Reel

1948 — 20th Academy Awards →

🏆 Winner Tweetie Pie Friz Freleng Short Subject, Cartoon Watch →
🏆 Winner Toward Independence Documentary Short Subject
🏆 Winner Goodbye, Miss Turlock Short Subject, One-Reel
🏆 Winner Climbing the Matterhorn Short Subject, Two-Reel
Nominee Tea for Two Hundred Walt Disney Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee Robin Hoodlum John Hubley Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee Mouse Wreckers Edward Selzer Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee Mickey and the Seal Walt Disney Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee Pluto's Blue Note Charles A. Nichols Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Mouse William Hanna, Joseph Barbera Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee Chip an' Dale Jack Hannah Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee School in the Mailbox Australian News and Information Bureau Documentary Short Subject
Nominee Passport to Nowhere Frederic Ullman Jr. Documentary Short Subject
Nominee Operation Vittles Documentary Short Subject
Nominee Heart to Heart Documentary Short Subject
Nominee So You Want to Be in Pictures Gordon Hollingshead Short Subject, One-Reel
Nominee Brooklyn, U.S.A. Thomas Mead Short Subject, One-Reel
Nominee Now You See It Short Subject, One-Reel
Nominee Moon Rockets Short Subject, One-Reel
Nominee Give Us the Earth Short Subject, Two-Reel
Nominee A Voice Is Born George Blake Short Subject, Two-Reel
Nominee Give Us the Earth! Gunther von Fritsch Short Subject, Two-Reel
Nominee Champagne for Two Mel Epstein Short Subject, Two-Reel
Nominee Fight of the Wild Stallions Short Subject, Two-Reel
Nominee Championship Tennis Short Subject, Two-Reel

1947 — 19th Academy Awards →

🏆 Winner The Cat Concerto William Hanna, Joseph Barbera Short Subject, Cartoon Watch →
🏆 Winner First Steps Documentary Short Subject
🏆 Winner Facing Your Danger Short Subject, One-Reel
🏆 Winner A Boy and His Dog Short Subject, Two-Reel
Nominee Tubby the Tuba George Pal Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee Pluto's Blue Note Walt Disney Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Mouse Fred Quimby Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee Chip an' Dale Walt Disney Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee Walky Talky Hawky Robert McKimson Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee Squatter's Rights Jack Hannah Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee John Henry and the Inky-Poo George Pal Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee Chopin's Musical Moments Walter Lantz Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee Traffic with the Devil Herbert Morgan Documentary Short Subject
Nominee Paramount News Issue #37 Paramount Documentary Short Subject
Nominee Life at the Zoo Artkino Documentary Short Subject
Nominee Atomic Power The March of Time Documentary Short Subject
Nominee School in the Mailbox Documentary Short Subject
Nominee Passport to Nowhere Documentary Short Subject
Nominee Sure Cures Pete Smith Short Subject, One-Reel
Nominee Smart as a Fox Gordon Hollingshead Short Subject, One-Reel
Nominee Golden Horses Edmund Reek Short Subject, One-Reel
Nominee Mighty Mouse in Gypsy Life Short Subject, One-Reel
Nominee Dive-Hi Champs Short Subject, One-Reel
Nominee The Luckiest Guy in the World Joseph M. Newman Short Subject, Two-Reel
Nominee Hiss and Yell Short Subject, Two-Reel
Nominee College Queen Short Subject, Two-Reel

1946 — 18th Academy Awards →

🏆 Winner Quiet Please! William Hanna, Joseph Barbera Short Subject, Cartoon Watch →
🏆 Winner Seeds of Destiny Documentary Short Subject Watch →
🏆 Winner Stairway to Light Short Subject, One-Reel
🏆 Winner Star in the Night Short Subject, Two-Reel
Nominee Walky Talky Hawky Edward Selzer Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee Squatter's Rights Walt Disney Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee Musical Moments from Chopin Walter Lantz Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee John Henry and the Inky-Poo George Pal Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee Rippling Romance Bob Wickersham Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee Mighty Mouse in Gypsy Life Eddie Donnelly Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee Life with Feathers Friz Freleng Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee Donald's Crime Jack King Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee To the Shores of Iwo Jima US Marine Corps Documentary Short Subject
Nominee Library of Congress Paramount Documentary Short Subject
Nominee Traffic with the Devil Documentary Short Subject
Nominee Life at the Zoo Documentary Short Subject
Nominee Atomic Power Documentary Short Subject
Nominee Your National Gallery Joseph O'Brien, Thomas Mead Short Subject, One-Reel
Nominee White Rhapsody Grantland Rice Short Subject, One-Reel
Nominee Story of a Dog Gordon Hollingshead Short Subject, One-Reel
Nominee Screen Snapshots' 25th Anniversary Ralph Staub Short Subject, One-Reel
Nominee Screen Snapshots: The 25th Anniversary of Columbia Short Subject, One-Reel
Nominee Along the Rainbow Trail Short Subject, One-Reel
Nominee The Little Witch Frank McDonald Short Subject, Two-Reel
Nominee The Jury Goes Round 'N' Round Jules White Short Subject, Two-Reel
Nominee The Jury Goes Round 'n Round Short Subject, Two-Reel
Nominee A Gun in His Hand Short Subject, Two-Reel

1945 — 17th Academy Awards →

🏆 Winner Mouse Trouble William Hanna, Joseph Barbera Short Subject, Cartoon Watch →
🏆 Winner Hitler Lives? Don Siegel Documentary Short Subject Watch →
🏆 Winner Who's Who in Animal Land Short Subject, One-Reel
🏆 Winner I Won't Play Short Subject, Two-Reel
Nominee Rippling Romance Raymond Katz Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee The Poet and Peasant Walter Lantz Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee Mighty Mouse in Gypsy Life Paul Terry Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee Life with Feathers Edward Selzer Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee Donald's Crime Walt Disney Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee Swooner Crooner Frank Tashlin Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee My Boy Johnny Eddie Donnelly Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee How to Play Football Jack Kinney Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee Fish Fry James Culhane Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street George Pal Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee Hymn of the Nations Documentary Short Subject
Nominee Fighting Lady Louis de Rochemont Documentary Short Subject
Nominee New Americans RKO Radio Documentary Short Subject
Nominee Arturo Toscanini RKO Radio Documentary Short Subject
Nominee To the Shores of Iwo Jima Documentary Short Subject
Nominee Library of Congress Documentary Short Subject
Nominee Screen Snapshots' 50th Anniversary Short Subject, One-Reel
Nominee Screen Snapshots' 50th Anniversary of Motion Pictures Ralph Staub Short Subject, One-Reel
Nominee Movie Pests Short Subject, One-Reel
Nominee Jammin' the Blues Gjon Mili Short Subject, One-Reel
Nominee Blue Grass Gentlemen Short Subject, One-Reel
Nominee Main Street Today Short Subject, Two-Reel
Nominee Bombalera Short Subject, Two-Reel

1944 — 16th Academy Awards →

🏆 Winner The Yankee Doodle Mouse William Hanna, Joseph Barbera Short Subject, Cartoon Watch →
🏆 Winner With the Marines at Tarawa Louis Hayward Documentary Short Subject Watch →
🏆 Winner Amphibious Fighters Short Subject, One-Reel
🏆 Winner Heavenly Music Short Subject, Two-Reel
Nominee Swooner Crooner Edward Selzer Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee My Boy, Johnny Paul Terry Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee How to Play Football Walt Disney Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee Fish Fry Walter Lantz Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee Dog, Cat and Canary Raymond Katz Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street George Pal Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee Reason and Emotion Bill Roberts Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee Imagination Bob Wickersham Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee Greetings Bait Friz Freleng Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee The Five Hundred Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins George Pal Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee The Dizzy Acrobat Alex Lovy Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee Youth in Crisis The March of Time Documentary Short Subject
Nominee Tomorrow We Fly US Navy Bureau of Aeronautics Documentary Short Subject
Nominee To the People of the United States Walter Wanger Documentary Short Subject
Nominee Swedes in America US Office of War Information Documentary Short Subject
Nominee Plan for Destruction Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Documentary Short Subject
Nominee Children of Mars RKO Radio Documentary Short Subject
Nominee New Americans Documentary Short Subject
Nominee Arturo Toscanini Documentary Short Subject
Nominee Cavalcade of Dance Short Subject, One-Reel
Nominee Hollywood in Uniform Ralph Staub Short Subject, One-Reel
Nominee Cavalcade of Dance with Veloz and Yolanda Gordon Hollingshead Short Subject, One-Reel
Nominee Seeing Hands Short Subject, One-Reel
Nominee Home Front Short Subject, One-Reel
Nominee Champions Carry On Short Subject, One-Reel
Nominee Mardi Gras Walter MacEwen Short Subject, Two-Reel
Nominee Women at War Short Subject, Two-Reel
Nominee Letter to a Hero Short Subject, Two-Reel

1943 — 15th Academy Awards →

🏆 Winner Der Fuehrer's Face Jack Kinney Short Subject, Cartoon Watch →
🏆 Winner December 7th John Ford, Gregg Toland Documentary Short Subject Watch →
🏆 Winner Speaking of Animals and Their Families Short Subject, One-Reel
🏆 Winner Beyond the Line of Duty Short Subject, Two-Reel
Nominee Reason and Emotion Walt Disney Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee Imagination Dave Fleischer Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee Greetings Bait Leon Schlesinger Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins George Pal Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee The Dizzy Acrobat Walter Lantz Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee Tulips Shall Grow George Pal Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee Pigs in a Polka Friz Freleng Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee Juke Box Jamboree Walter Lantz Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee The Blitz Wolf Tex Avery Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee All Out for V Connie Rasinski Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee To the People of the United States Documentary Short Subject
Nominee Children of Mars Documentary Short Subject
Nominee Swedes in America Irving Lerner Documentary Short Subject
Nominee Plan for Destruction Documentary Short Subject
Nominee United States Marine Band Short Subject, One-Reel
Nominee Marines in the Making Short Subject, One-Reel
Nominee Desert Wonderland Short Subject, One-Reel
Nominee Private Smith of the U.S.A. Slavko Vorkapic Short Subject, Two-Reel
Nominee Don't Talk Joseph M. Newman Short Subject, Two-Reel
Nominee United States Navy Band Short Subject, Two-Reel
Nominee Private Smith of the USA Short Subject, Two-Reel

1942 — 14th Academy Awards →

🏆 Winner Lend a Paw Clyde Geronimi Short Subject, Cartoon Watch →
🏆 Winner Churchill's Island Stuart Legg Documentary Short Subject Watch →
🏆 Winner Of Pups and Puzzles Short Subject, One-Reel
🏆 Winner Main Street on the March! Short Subject, Two-Reel
Nominee Tulips Shall Grow George Pal Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee Pigs in a Polka Leon Schlesinger Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee Juke Box Jamboree Walter Lantz Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee Blitz Wolf Fred Quimby Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee All Out for V Paul Terry Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee Rhythm in the Ranks George Pal Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee The Rookie Bear Rudolf Ising Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee Rhapsody in Rivets Friz Freleng Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee The Night Before Christmas William Hanna, Joseph Barbera Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee How War Came Raymond Gram Swing Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt Friz Freleng Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B Walter Lantz Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee War Clouds in the Pacific National Film Board of Canada Documentary Short Subject
Nominee Soldiers of the Sky Truman Talley Documentary Short Subject
Nominee Russian Soil Amkino Documentary Short Subject
Nominee A Place to Live Irving Lerner Documentary Short Subject
Nominee Norway in Revolt The March of Time Documentary Short Subject
Nominee Life of a Thoroughbred Truman Talley Documentary Short Subject
Nominee Letter from Home British Ministry of Information Documentary Short Subject
Nominee Christmas Under Fire British Ministry of Information Documentary Short Subject
Nominee Bomber US Office for Emergency Management Documentary Short Subject
Nominee Adventure in the Bronx Film Associates Documentary Short Subject
Nominee Sagebrush and Silver Short Subject, One-Reel
Nominee Kings of the Turf Short Subject, One-Reel
Nominee Forty Boys and a Song Short Subject, One-Reel
Nominee Down on the Farm Short Subject, One-Reel
Nominee Beauty and the Beach Short Subject, One-Reel
Nominee Army Champions Short Subject, One-Reel
Nominee The Tanks Are Coming D. Ross Lederman Short Subject, Two-Reel
Nominee The Gay Parisian Jean Negulesco Short Subject, Two-Reel
Nominee Forbidden Passage Short Subject, Two-Reel
Nominee Alive in the Deep Short Subject, Two-Reel

1941 — 13th Academy Awards →

🏆 Winner The Milky Way Rudolf Ising Short Subject, Cartoon Watch →
🏆 Winner Quicker'n a Wink George Sidney Short Subject, One-Reel
🏆 Winner Teddy, the Rough Rider Short Subject, Two-Reel
Nominee The Rookie Bear Rudolf Ising Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee Rhythm in the Ranks George Pal Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee Rhapsody in Rivets Leon Schlesinger Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee The Night Before Christmas Fred Quimby Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt Leon Schlesinger Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B Walter Lantz Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee A Wild Hare Tex Avery Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee Puss Gets the Boot William Hanna, Joseph Barbera Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee War Clouds in the Pacific Documentary Short Subject
Nominee Soldiers of the Sky Documentary Short Subject
Nominee Russian Soil Documentary Short Subject
Nominee A Place to Live Documentary Short Subject
Nominee Norway in Revolt Documentary Short Subject
Nominee Life of a Thoroughbred Documentary Short Subject
Nominee Letter from Home Documentary Short Subject
Nominee Christmas Under Fire Harry Watt Documentary Short Subject
Nominee Bomber Documentary Short Subject
Nominee Adventure in the Bronx Documentary Short Subject
Nominee Siege Short Subject, One-Reel
Nominee London Can Take It! Humphrey Jennings, Harry Watt Short Subject, One-Reel
Nominee More About Nostradamus Short Subject, One-Reel
Nominee London Can Take It Humphrey Jennings, Harry Watt Short Subject, One-Reel
Nominee Service with the Colors Short Subject, Two-Reel
Nominee Eyes of the Navy Short Subject, Two-Reel

1940 — 12th Academy Awards →

🏆 Winner The Ugly Duckling Jack Cutting Short Subject, Cartoon Watch →
🏆 Winner Busy Little Bears Short Subject, One-Reel
🏆 Winner Sons of Liberty Short Subject, Two-Reel
Nominee A Wild Hare Leon Schlesinger Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee Puss Gets the Boot Rudolf Ising Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee The Pointer Clyde Geronimi Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee Peace on Earth Hugh Harman Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee Detouring America Tex Avery Short Subject, Cartoon
Nominee Sword Fishing Short Subject, One-Reel
Nominee Prophet Without Honor Short Subject, One-Reel
Nominee Information Please Short Subject, One-Reel
Nominee Five Times Five Short Subject, Two-Reel
Nominee Drunk Driving Short Subject, Two-Reel

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