''This Mechanical Age'' is a 1954 American short

documentary film A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional motion-picture intended to "document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education or maintaining a historical record". Bill Nichols has characterized the documentary in te ...

about the early days of

aviation Aviation includes the activities surrounding mechanical flight and the aircraft industry. ''Aircraft'' includes fixed-wing and rotary-wing types, morphable wings, wing-less lifting bodies, as well as lighter-than-air craft such as hot a ...

, produced by Robert Youngson. In 1955, it won an

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for Best Short Subject (One-Reel) at the

27th Academy Awards The 27th Academy Awards were held on March 30, 1955 to honor the best films of 1954, hosted by Bob Hope at the RKO Pantages Theatre in Hollywood. ''On the Waterfront'' led the ceremony with twelve nominations and eight wins, including Best ...

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* 1954 films 1954 documentary films 1954 short films American short documentary films Live Action Short Film Academy Award winners American black-and-white films Warner Bros. short films Documentary films about aviation History of aviation Films directed by Robert Youngson 1950s short documentary films 1950s English-language films 1950s American films {{short-documentary-film-stub