A paucity of feature-length documentaries left the Academy with only shorts that qualified as nominees.
The nominees were ...
(Short Film)
- Atomic Power, The March of Time
- Life at the Zoo, Artkino
- Paramount News Issue #37 (Twentieth Anniversary Issue! 1927 ... 1947), Paramount
- Seeds of Destiny, United States Department of War
- Traffic With the Devil, Herbert Morgan, producer
And the Oscar went to ...
Seeds of Destiny, United States Department of War.
Effective and often harrowing portrayal of the devastating effect of World War II on civilian populations, especially children, making a sharp contrast with the comparatively unscathed United States. It was designed to encourage support for the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration. Directed by David Miller and narrated by Ralph Bellamy.
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