Toward Independence

Toward Independence is a 1948 American short documentary film about the rehabilitation of veterans with spinal cord injuries.[3] Army Surgeon General Raymond W. Bliss received the award.[4] In 1949, it won an Oscar for Documentary Short Subject at 21st Academy Awards.[5] The Academy Film Archive preserved Toward Independence in 2005.[6]

Toward Independence
Directed byGeorge L. George[1]
Production
company
Distributed byU.S Army
Release date
  • 1948 (1948)
Running time
30 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

References
  1. "George L. George, 85, Organizer of Directors". The New York Times. January 5, 1993. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 8, 2021.
  2. Anzuoni, Robert (2010). "Signal Corps Produces Academy Award Winners". Army Communicator. Vol. 35, no. 2. p. 75. ISSN 0362-5745.
  3. "Toward Independence". Film News. Vol. 9, no. 8–9. May 1949. p. 6. ISSN 8750-068X.
  4. Med_Corps 1968, p. 284.
  5. "The 21st Academy Awards (1949) Nominees and Winners". Oscars.org (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences). Retrieved May 29, 2019.
  6. "Preserved Projects". Academy Film Archive.

Sources


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.