First Steps (1947 film)

First Steps
Screenshot of title frame
Directed byLeo Seltzer
Written byAl Wasserman
Produced byKarl Hinkle
Narrated byWinston O'Keefe
CinematographyAlbert Mozell
Production
company
Frederic House Inc.
Distributed byNational Film Board of Canada
Release date
  • 1947 (1947)
Running time
10 minutes
Countries
LanguageEnglish

First Steps is a 1947 short documentary film about the treatment of children with disabilities. Produced for the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations by Frederic House Inc., the film was distributed by the National Film Board of Canada.[1] [Note 1] First Steps, directed by Leo Seltzer, won the Documentary Short Subject Oscar at the 20th Academy Awards in 1948 for the United Nations Division of Films and Visual Education.[2][3]

  1. ^ "Details: 'First Steps' (1947)." The New York Times. Retrieved: January 25, 2016.
  2. ^ Wiley et al. 1986, p. 707.
  3. ^ "The 20th Academy Awards (1948): Nominees and Winners." oscars.org. Retrieved: January 26, 2016.


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