The National Board of Review Award for Best Documentary Feature is one of the annual awards given (since 1940) to the producer of the film by the

National Board of Review of Motion Pictures The National Board of Review of Motion Pictures is a non-profit organization of New York City area film enthusiasts. Its awards, which are announced in early December, are considered an early harbinger of the film awards season that culminat ...

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Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary education, secondary or tertiary education, tertiary higher education, higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membershi ...

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winner *± Nominated in other Oscar categories *° Emmy winner *× Sundance winner *÷

Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject) This is a list of films by year that have received an Academy Award together with the other nominations for best documentary short film. Following the Academy's practice, the year listed for each film is the year of release: the awards are annou ...

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National Film Registry The National Film Registry (NFR) is the United States National Film Preservation Board's (NFPB) collection of films selected for preservation, each selected for its historical, cultural and aesthetic contributions since the NFPB’s inception i ...

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List of winners

* 1940: ''The Fight for Life'' * 1941: ''

Target for Tonight ''Target for Tonight'' (or ''Target for To-Night'') is a 1941 British World War II documentary film billed as filmed and acted by the Royal Air Force, all during wartime operations. It was directed by Harry Watt for the Crown Film Unit. The fi ...

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The Forgotten Village ''The Forgotten Village'' is a 1941 American documentary film—some sources call it an ethnofiction film—directed by Herbert Kline and Alexander Hammid. The film was written by John Steinbeck, narrated by Burgess Meredith, and with music by Ha ...

''; ''Ku Kan''; ''The Land'' * 1942: ''

Moscow Strikes Back ''Moscow Strikes Back'' (russian: Разгром немецких войск под Москвой, ''Razgrom Nemetskikh Voysk Pod Moskvoy'', "Rout of the German troops near Moscow") is a Soviet war documentary about the Battle of Moscow made du ...

''≈; '' Native Land''; ''Anzacs in Action'' * 1943: ''

Desert Victory ''Desert Victory'' is a 1943 film produced by the British Ministry of Information, documenting the Allies' North African campaign against Field Marshal Erwin Rommel and the Afrika Korps. This documentary traces the struggle between General Erw ...

''≈; '' The Battle of Russia''≠; ''

Prelude to War ''Prelude to War'' is the first film of Frank Capra's '' Why We Fight'' film series commissioned by the Office of War Information (OWI) and George C. Marshall. It was made to educate American troops of the necessity of combating the Axis powers ...

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Saludos Amigos ''Saludos Amigos'' (Spanish language, Spanish for "Greetings, Friends") is a 1942 American Live-action animated film, live-action/animated anthology film produced by Walt Disney and released by RKO Pictures, RKO Radio Pictures. It is the List of ...

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The Silent Village ''The Silent Village'' is a 1943 British propaganda short film in the form of a drama documentary, made by the Crown Film Unit and directed by Humphrey Jennings. The film was named one of the top 5 documentaries of 1943 by the National Board of ...

'' * 1944: '' Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress''§; ''Attack! The Battle for New Britain''; '' With the Marines at Tarawa''÷; ''Battle for the Marianas''; '' Tunisian Victory''

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References

External links

National Board of Review at the Internet Movie Database
{{NBR Awards Chron Lists of films by award American documentary film awards Awards established in 1940 1940 establishments in the United States