First Steps

1947 film

Released: 1947
Director: Hanus Burger
Runtime: 10 min
Genre: documentary film
Country of origin: United States
Original language: English
Production company: National Film Board of Canada
Distributor: National Film Board of Canada

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First Steps is a 1947 short documentary film about the treatment of children with disabilities. Produced for the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations by Frederic House Inc., the film was distributed by the National Film Board of Canada. First Steps, directed by Leo Seltzer and written by Al Wasserman, won the Documentary Short Subject Oscar at the 20th Academy Awards in 1948 for the United Nations Division of Films and Visual Education.

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Main subject: India
Nominations: Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject)(February 13, 1948) statement is subject of: 20th Academy Awards
Title: First Steps
Color: color
black-and-white

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