1940s
- 1940 (13th)
- (One-Reel) Quicker'n a Wink - Pete Smith
- London Can Take It! - Warner Bros.
- More About Nostradamus - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Siege - RKO Radio
- (Two-Reel) Teddy, the Rough Rider - Warner Bros.
- Eyes of the Navy - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Service with the Colors - Warner Brothers
- (One-Reel) Quicker'n a Wink - Pete Smith
- 1941 (14th)
- (One-Reel) Of Pups and Puzzles - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Army Champions - Pete Smith
- Beauty and the Beach - Paramount
- Down on the Farm - Paramount
- Forty Boys and a Song - Warner Bros.
- Kings of the Turf - Warner Bros.
- Sagebrush and Silver - 20th Century-Fox
- (Two-Reel) Main Street on the March! - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Alive in the Deep - Woodward Productions
- Forbidden Passage - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- The Gay Parisian - Warner Bros.
- The Tanks Are Coming - Warner Bros.
- (One-Reel) Of Pups and Puzzles - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- 1942 (15th)
- (One-Reel) Speaking of Animals and Their Families - Paramount
- Desert Wonderland - 20th Century-Fox
- Marines in the Making - Pete Smith
- United States Marine Band - Warner Bros.
- (Two-Reel) Beyond the Line of Duty - Warner Bros.
- Don't Talk - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Private Smith of the U.S.A. - RKO Radio
- (One-Reel) Speaking of Animals and Their Families - Paramount
- 1943 (16th)
- (One-Reel) Amphibious Fighters - Grantland Rice
- Cavalcade of Dance with Veloz and Yolanda - Gordon Hollingshead
- Champions Carry On - Edmund Reek
- Hollywood in Uniform - Ralph Staub
- Seeing Hands - Pete Smith
- (Two-Reel) Heavenly Music - Jerry Bresler, Sam Coslow
- Letter to a Hero - Frederic Ullman
- Mardi Gras - Walter MacEwen
- Women at War - Gordon Hollingshead
- (One-Reel) Amphibious Fighters - Grantland Rice
- 1944 (17th)
- (One-Reel) Who's Who in Animal Land - Jerry Fairbanks
- Blue Grass Gentlemen - Edmund Reek
- Jammin' the Blues - Gordon Hollingshead
- Movie Pests - Pete Smith
- Screen Snapshots' 50th Anniversary of Motion Pictures - Ralph Staub
- (Two-Reel) I Won't Play - Gordon Hollingshead
- Bombalera - Louis Harris
- Main Street Today - Jerry Bresler
- (One-Reel) Who's Who in Animal Land - Jerry Fairbanks
- 1945 (18th)
- (One-Reel) Stairway to Light - Herbert Moulton, Jerry Bresler
- Along the Rainbow Trail - Edmund Reek
- Screen Snapshots' 25th Anniversary - Ralph Staub
- Story of a Dog - Gordon Hollingshead
- White Rhapsody - Grantland Rice
- Your National Gallery - Joseph O'Brien and Thomas Mead
- (Two-Reel) Star in the Night - Gordon Hollingshead
- A Gun in His Hand - Chester Franklin
- The Jury Goes Round 'n' Round - Jules White
- The Little Witch - George Templeton
- (One-Reel) Stairway to Light - Herbert Moulton, Jerry Bresler
- 1946 (19th)
- (One-Reel) Facing Your Danger - Gordon Hollingshead
- Dive-Hi Champs - Jack Eaton
- Golden Horses - Edmund Reek
- Smart as a Fox - Gordon Hollingshead
- Sure Cures - Pete Smith
- (Two-Reel) A Boy and His Dog - Gordon Hollingshead
- College Queen - George Templeton
- Hiss and Yell - Jules White
- The Luckiest Guy in the World - Jerry Bresler
- (One-Reel) Facing Your Danger - Gordon Hollingshead
- 1947 (20th)
- (One-Reel) Good-Bye Miss Turlock - Herbert Moulton
- Brooklyn, U.S.A. - Thomas Mead
- Moon Rockets - Jerry Fairbanks
- Now You See It - Pete Smith
- So You Want to Be in Pictures - Gordon Hollingshead
- (Two-Reel) Climbing the Matterhorn - Irving Allen
- Champagne for Two - Harry Grey
- Fight of the Wild Stallions - Thomas Mead
- Give Us the Earth - Herbert Morgan
- A Voice is Born - Ben Blake
- (One-Reel) Good-Bye Miss Turlock - Herbert Moulton
- 1948 (21st)
- (One-Reel) Symphony of a City - Edmund H. Reek
- Annie Was a Wonder - Herbert Moulton
- Cinderella Horse - Gordon Hollingshead
- So You Want to Be on the Radio - Gordon Hollingshead
- You Can't Win - Pete Smith
- (Two-Reel) Seal Island - Walt Disney
- Calgary Stampede - Gordon Hollingshead
- Going to Blazes - Herbert Morgan
- Samba Mania - Harry Grey
- Snow Capers - Thomas Mead
- (One-Reel) Symphony of a City - Edmund H. Reek
- 1949 (22nd)
- (One-Reel) Aquatic House Party - Jack Eaton
- Roller Derby Girl - Justin Herman
- So You Think You're Not Guilty - Gordon Hollingshead
- Spills and Chills - Walton C. Ament
- Water Trix -- Pete Smith
- (Two-Reel) Van Gogh - Gaston Diehl, Robert Haessens
- Boy and the Eagle- William Lasky
- Chase of Death - Irving Allen
- The Grass is Always Greener - Gordon Hollingshead
- Snow Carnival - Gordon Hollingshead
- (One-Reel) Aquatic House Party - Jack Eaton
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