First Steps (1947)

Directed by

Hanus Burger

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

10 min

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 10 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary looks at how children with disabilities were treated in the late 1940s. It shows efforts to provide care and education for these children.

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What happens

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. First Steps, directed by Leo Seltzer and written by Al Wasserman, won the Documentary Short Subject Oscar at the 20th Academy Awards in 1948 for the United Nations Division of Films and Visual Education. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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