File 21: Gun metal bronze Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Award of Merit for Outstanding...
File 21: Gun metal bronze Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Award of Merit for Outstanding...
File 21: Gun metal bronze Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Award of Merit for Outstanding Achievement plaque on a black painted wooden base
About this item
Full title
Date
1945
Call Numbers
R 2324/Item 64
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Physical Description
Contents
1 plaque - Base 15.0 (length) x 7.5 cm (depth), 15.5 cm (height) - bronze, wood
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Level of description
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Scope and Contents
Contents
The traditional 'Oscar' figure, a stylised figure of a knight holding a crusader's sword standing on a reel of film, next to a rectangular plaque with raised lettering 'Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences Award of Merit for Outstanding Achievement'. Attached to the centre front of the wooden base is a brass plate with an impressed inscription...
Alternative Titles
Full title
File 21: Gun metal bronze Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Award of Merit for Outstanding Achievement plaque on a black painted wooden base
Notes
General note
The director of the film 'Kokoda Front Line' George G. Hall received an Academy Award in 1943. During 1943-1945 due to shortages of metal the awards were made of plaster and were called an ersatz award. At the end of the war the ersatz award was replaced with the golden statuette. It is believed Hall made two copies of the ersatz plaque in gun meta...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
R 2324/Item 64
Record Identifier
94RXpQg1
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/94RXpQg1
Other Identifiers
Reference code
9651182
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