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Academy Award for Best Short Film - Live Action - 2 Reels

This is a list of short films that have received an Oscar or a nomination for best live action.

1930s

• 1936 The Public Pays - MGM
  • Double or Nothing - Warner Brothers
  • Dummy Ache - RKO Radio
• 1937 Torture Money - MGM
  • Deep South - RKO Radio
  • Should Wives Work - RKO Radio
• 1938 Declaration of Independence - Warner Brothers
  • Swinging in the Movies - Warner Brothers
  • They're Always Caught - MGM
• 1939 Sons of Liberty - Warner Brothers
  • Drunk Driving - MGM
  • Five Times Five - RKO Radio

1940s

• 1940 Teddy, The Rough Rider - Warner Brothers
  • Eyes of the Navy - MGM
  • Service with the Colors - Warner Brothers
• 1941 Main Street on the March! - MGM
  • Alive in the Deep - Woodward Productions
  • Forbidden Passage - MGM
  • The Gay Parisian - Warner Brothers
  • The Tanks are Coming - Warner Brothers
• 1942 Beyond the Line of Duty - Warner Brothers
  • Don't Talk - MGM
  • Private Smith of the U.S.A. - RKO Radio
• 1943 Heavenly Music - Jerry Bresler, Sam Coslow
  • Letter to a Hero - Frederic Ullman
  • Mardi Gras - Walter MacEwen
  • Women at War - Gordon Hollingshead
• 1944 I Won't Play - Gordon Hollingshead
  • Bombalera - Louis Harris
  • Main Street Today - Jerry Bresler
• 1945 Star in the Night - Gordon Hollingshead
  • A Gun in His Hand - Chester Franklin
  • The Jury Goes Round 'n' Round - Jules White
  • The Little Witch - George Templeton
• 1946 A Boy and His Dog - Gordon Hollingshead
  • College Queen - George Templeton
  • Hiss and Yell - Jules White
  • The Luckiest Guy in the World - Jerry Bresler
• 1947 Climbing the Matterhorn - Irving Allen
  • Champagne for Two - Harry Grey
  • Fight of the Wild Stallions - Thomas Mead
  • Give Us the Earth - Herbert Morgan
  • A Voice is Born - Ben Blake
• 1948 Seal Island - Walt Disney
  • Calgary Stampede - Gordon Hollingshead
  • Going to Blazes - Herbert Morgan
  • Samba Mania - Harry Grey
  • Snow Capers - Thomas Mead
• 1949 Van Gogh - Gaston Diehl, Robert Haessens
  • Boy and the Eagle- William Lasky
  • Chase of Death - Irving Allen
  • The Grass Is Always Greener - Gordon Hollingshead
  • Snow Carnival - Gordon Hollingshead

1950s

• 1950 In Beaver Valley - Walt Disney
  • Grandma Moses - Falcon Films
  • My Country 'Tis of Thee - Gordon Hollingshead
• 1951 Nature’s Half Acre - Walt Disney
  • Balzac - Les Films Du Compass
  • Danger Under the Sea - Thomas Mead
• 1952 Water Birds - Walt Disney
  • Bridge of Time - London Films
  • Devil Take Us – Herbert Morgan
  • 'Thar She Blows! - Gordon Hollingshead
• 1953 Bear Country - Walt Disney
  • Ben and Me - Walt Disney
  • Return to Glennascaul – Mayer Kingsley, Inc.
  • Vesuvius Express - Otto Lang
  • Winter Paradise - Cedric Francis
• 1954 A Time Out of War – Dennis Sanders, Terry Sanders
  • Beauty and the Bull - Cedric Francis
  • Jet Carrier - Otto Lang
  • Siam - Walt Disney
• 1955 Face of Lincoln - William Blume
  • 24-Hour Alert - Cedric Francis
  • The Battle of Gettysburg - Dore Schary
  • On the Twelfth Day - George Arthur
  • Switzerland - Walt Disney
• 1956 The Bespoke Overcoat - George Arthur
  • Cow Dog - Larry Lansburgh
  • The Dark Wave - John Healy
  • Samoa - Walt Disney

See also : Academy Awards Short Film

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