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 short film that consists of 2 reels.
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
Categories: Academy Awards | Short Film Oscar Nominee