''A Chance to Live'' is a 1949 American

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directed by James L. Shute, produced by

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for

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and distributed by

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. It is part of ''

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'' series and portrays Monsignor John Patrick Carroll-Abbing building and running a Boys' Home in Italy. The film won an

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at the 22nd Academy Awards in 1950 for Documentary Short Subject. The Academy Film Archive preserved ''A Chance to Live'' in 2005.

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