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''Climbing the Matterhorn'' is a 1947 American
short Short may refer to: Places * Short (crater), a lunar impact crater on the near side of the Moon * Short, Mississippi, an unincorporated community * Short, Oklahoma, a census-designated place People * Short (surname) * List of people known as ...
documentary film A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional film, motion-picture intended to "document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". Bill Nichols (film critic), Bil ...
directed by
Irving Allen Irving Allen (born Irving Applebaum, November 24, 1905 – December 17, 1987) was a theatrical and cinematic producer and director. He received an Academy Award in 1948 for producing the short movie ''Climbing the Matterhorn''. In the early 19 ...
. It won an
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at the
20th Academy Awards The 20th Academy Awards were held on March 20, 1948, to honor the films of 1947. It is notable for being the last Oscars until 2005 in which no film won more than three awards. Rosalind Russell was highly favored to win Best Actress for her pe ...
in 1948 for Best Short Subject (Two-Reel).


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Timeline of climbing the Matterhorn Timeline 1857 * July: First attempt (from Breuil) by Jean-Antoine Carrel, Jean-Jacques Carrel, and Amé Gorret.1947 films 1947 short films 1947 documentary films 1940s short documentary films American short documentary films Black-and-white documentary films Documentary films about climbing Live Action Short Film Academy Award winners Films set in the Alps Matterhorn Mountaineering films American black-and-white films 1940s English-language films 1940s American films {{short-documentary-film-stub