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Toward Independence

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Toward Independence
Directed byGeorge L. George[1]
Production
company
Distributed byU.S Army
Release date
  • 1948 (1948)
Running time
30 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Toward Independence is a 1948 American short documentary film about the rehabilitation of veterans with spinal cord injuries.[3] Army Surgeon General Raymond W. Bliss received the award.[4] In 1949, it won an Oscar for Documentary Short Subject at 21st Academy Awards.[5] The Academy Film Archive preserved Toward Independence in 2005.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "George L. George, 85, Organizer of Directors". The New York Times. January 5, 1993. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 8, 2021.
  2. ^ Anzuoni, Robert (2010). "Signal Corps Produces Academy Award Winners". Army Communicator. Vol. 35, no. 2. p. 75. ISSN 0362-5745.
  3. ^ "Toward Independence". Film News. Vol. 9, no. 8–9. May 1949. p. 6. ISSN 8750-068X.
  4. ^ Med_Corps 1968, p. 284.
  5. ^ "The 21st Academy Awards (1949) Nominees and Winners". Oscars.org (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences). March 24, 2015. Retrieved May 29, 2019.
  6. ^ "Preserved Projects". Academy Film Archive.

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