The nominees were ...
(Feature)
- The Fighting Lady, United States Navy
- Resisting Enemy Interrogation, United States Army Air Force
- Arturo Toscanini, United States Office of War Information Overseas Motion Picture Bureau
- New Americans, RKO Radio
- With the Marines at Tarawa, United States Marine Corps
And the Oscar went to ...
(Feature)
The Fighting Lady, United States Navy.
Daily life aboard an aircraft carrier, whose name is not revealed but in fact was the USS Yorktown. Narrated by Robert Taylor and directed by the photographer Edward Steichen with the uncredited help of William Wyler.
(Short Subject)
With the Marines at Tarawa, United States Marine Corps.
Directed by Louis Hayward and narrated by William Lundigan, this short contained more graphic footage of death in combat than usual, and required special permission from President Franklin Roosevelt to be released and distributed.
Directed by Louis Hayward and narrated by William Lundigan, this short contained more graphic footage of death in combat than usual, and required special permission from President Franklin Roosevelt to be released and distributed.
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