OSCAR HISTORY
Best Documentary Short Subject
Best Documentary Short Subject 
Non-fiction can sometimes be more dramatic than the most dramatic of narrative motion pictures. Over the years, the Academy has recognized some extraordinary documentary features and shorts, which in one way or another, help to illuminate our lives by showing us some amazing true stories, and sometimes in films that were not afraid to take on powerful forces to illuminate some very important points.
1969:
CZECHOSLOVAKIA 1968
1957:
---NOT GIVEN---
1956:
THE TRUE STORY OF THE CIVIL WAR
1951:
BENJY
1950:
WHY KOREA?
1942:
THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY / KOKODA FRONT LINE! / MOSCOW STRIKES BACK / PRELUDE TO WAR
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