Academy Award For Best Live Action Short Film - 1950s

1950s

• 1950
  • (One-Reel) Grandad of Races - Gordon Hollingshead
    • Blaze Busters -- Robert Youngson
    • Wrong Way Butch -- Pete Smith
  • (Two-Reel) In Beaver Valley - Walt Disney
    • Grandma Moses - Falcon Films
    • My Country 'Tis of Thee - Gordon Hollingshead
• 1951
  • (One-Reel) World of Kids - Robert Youngson
    • Ridin' the Rails - Jack Eaton
    • The Story of Time - Robert G. Leffingwell
  • (Two-Reel) Nature's Half Acre - Walt Disney
    • Balzac - Les Films Du Compass
    • Danger Under the Sea - Thomas Mead
• 1952
  • (One-Reel) Light in the Window: The Art of Vermeer - Boris Vermont
    • Athletes of the Saddle - Jack Eaton
    • Desert Killer - Gordon Hollingshead
    • Neighbours - National Film Board of Canada - Norman McLaren
    • Royal Scotland -- Crown Film Unit
  • (Two-Reel) Water Birds - Walt Disney
    • Bridge of Time - London Films
    • Devil Take Us – Herbert Morgan
    • Thar She Blows! - Gordon Hollingshead
• 1953
  • (One-Reel) The Merry Wives of Windsor Overture - Johnny Green
    • Christ among the Primitives -- Vincenzo Lucci-Chiarissi
    • Herring Hunt -- National Film Board of Canada
    • Joy of Living -- Boris Vermont
    • Wee Water Wonders -- Jack Eaton
  • (Two-Reel) Bear Country - Walt Disney
    • Ben and Me - Walt Disney
    • Return to Glennascaul – Mayer Kingsley, Inc.
    • Vesuvius Express - Otto Lang
    • Winter Paradise - Cedric Francis
• 1954
  • (One-Reel) This Mechanical Age - Robert Youngson
    • The First Piano Quartette - Otto Lang
    • The Strauss Fantasy - Johnny Green
  • (Two-Reel) A Time Out of War - Denis Sanders, Terry Sanders
    • Beauty and the Bull - Cedric Francis
    • Jet Carrier - Otto Lang
    • Siam - Walt Disney
• 1955
  • (One-Reel) Survival City - Edmund Reek
    • Gadgets Galore - Robert Youngson
    • 3rd Ave. El - Carson Davidson
    • Three Kisses - Justin Herman
  • (Two-Reel) The Face of Lincoln - Wilbur T. Blume
    • 24-Hour Alert - Cedric Francis
    • The Battle of Gettysburg - Dore Schary
    • On the Twelfth Day - George K. Arthur
    • Switzerland - Walt Disney
• 1956
  • (One-Reel) Crashing the Water Barrier - Konstantin Kalser
    • I Never Forget a Face - Robert Youngson
    • Time Stood Still - Cedric Francis
  • (Two-Reel) The Bespoke Overcoat - Romulus Films
    • Cow Dog - Larry Lansburgh
    • The Dark Wave - John Healy
    • Samoa - Walt Disney
• 1957 The Wetback Hound - Walt Disney Productions - Larry Lansburgh
  • A Chairy Tale - National Film Board of Canada - Norman McLaren
  • City of Gold - National Film Board of Canada - Tom Daly
  • Foothold on Antarctica - World Wide Pictures - James Carr
  • Portugal - Walt Disney Productions - Ben Sharpsteen
• 1958 Grand Canyon - Walt Disney Productions - Walt Disney
  • Journey Into Spring - British Transport Films - Ian Ferguson
  • The Kiss (1958 film) -- John Hayes (director) (as John Patrick Hayes)
  • Snows of Aorangi - New Zealand Screen Board
  • T Is for Tumbleweed -- James A. Lebenthal
• 1959 The Golden Fish - Jacques-Yves Cousteau
  • Between the Tides - British Transport Films - Ian Ferguson
  • Mysteries of the Deep - Walt Disney Productions - Walt Disney
  • The Running, Jumping and Standing-Still Film - Peter Sellers
  • Skyscraper - Tishman Realty & Construction - Shirley Clarke, Willard Van Dyke and Irving Jacoby