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| 20 March |
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| Shrine Civic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, USA |
| | Awarded to: | | | - William Nicholas Selig; Albert E. Smith; Thomas Armat; George K. Spoor
- (One of) the small group of pioneers whose belief in a new medium, and whose contributions to its development, blazed the trail along which the motion picture has progressed, in their lifetime, from obscurity to world-wide acclaim.
- Bill and Coo (1948)
- In which artistry and patience blended in a novel and entertaining use of the medium of motion pictures (plaque).
- Sciuscià (1946)
- Italy. The high quality of this Italian-made motion picture, brought to eloquent life in a country scarred by war, is proof to the world that the creative spirit can triumph over adversity.
- Song of the South (1946) - James Baskett
- For his able and heart-warming characterization of Uncle Remus, friend and story teller to the children of the world, in Walt Disney's Song of the South.
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| | Winners: | | | - C.R. Daily; Paramount Studio Film Laboratory, Still and Engineering Departments
- For the development and first practical applications to motion picture and still photography of a method of increasing film speed as first suggested to the industry by E.I. duPont de Nemours & Co.
- C.C. Davis; Electrical Research Products Division of Western Electric Co. Inc.
- For the development and application of an improved film drive filter mechanism.
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| | Winners: | | | - Farciot Edouart; C.R. Daily; Hal Corl; H.G. Cartwright; Paramount Studio Engineering and Transparency Departments
- For the first application of a special antisolarizing glass to high intensity background and spot arc projectors.
- James Gibbons (I) (Warner Bros. Studios)
- For the development and production of large dyed plastic filters for motion picture photography.
- Nathan Levinson; Warner Bros. SSD
- For the design and construction of a constant-speed sound editing machine.
- Fred Ponedel (Warner Bros. Studio)
- For pioneering the fabrication and practical application to motion picture color photography of large translucent photographic backgrounds.
- Kurt Singer; RCA-Victor Division of the Radio Corp. of America
- For the design and development of a continuously variable band elimination filter.
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