Academy Award for Best Short Film - Live Action - 2 Reels
 

This is a list of short films that have received an Oscar or a nomination for best live action short film that consists of 2 reels.


1930s

1936 The Public Pays - MGM
Double or Nothing - Warner Brothers
Dummy Ache - RKO Radio

1937 Torture Money - MGM
Deep South - RKO Radio
Should Wives Work - RKO Radio

1938 Declaration of Independence - Warner Brothers
Swinging in the Movies - Warner Brothers
They're Always Caught - MGM

1939 Sons of Liberty - Warner Brothers
Drunk Driving - MGM
Five Times Five - RKO Radio
 

1940s

1940 Teddy, The Rough Rider - Warner Brothers
Eyes of the Navy - MGM
Service with the Colors - Warner Brothers

1941 Main Street on the March! - MGM
Alive in the Deep - Woodward Productions
Forbidden Passage - MGM
The Gay Parisian - Warner Brothers
The Tanks are Coming - Warner Brothers

1942 Beyond the Line of Duty - Warner Brothers
Don't Talk - MGM
Private Smith of the U.S.A. - RKO Radio

1943 Heavenly Music - Jerry Bresler, Sam Coslow
Letter to a Hero - Frederic Ullman
Mardi Gras - Walter MacEwen
Women at War - Gordon Hollingshead

1944 I Won't Play - Gordon Hollingshead
Bombalera - Louis Harris
Main Street Today - Jerry Bresler

1945 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

1946 A Boy and His Dog - Gordon Hollingshead
College Queen - George Templeton
Hiss and Yell - Jules White
The Luckiest Guy in the World - Jerry Bresler

1947 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

1948 Seal Island - Walt Disney
Calgary Stampede - Gordon Hollingshead
Going to Blazes - Herbert Morgan
Samba Mania - Harry Grey
Snow Capers - Thomas Mead

1949 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
 

1950s

1950 In Beaver Valley - Walt Disney
Grandma Moses - Falcon Films
My Country 'Tis of Thee - Gordon Hollingshead

1951 Nature’s Half Acre - Walt Disney
Balzac - Les Films Du Compass
Danger Under the Sea - Thomas Mead

1952 Water Birds - Walt Disney
Bridge of Time - London Films
Devil Take Us – Herbert Morgan
'Thar She Blows! - Gordon Hollingshead

1953 Bear Country - Walt Disney
Ben and Me - Walt Disney
Return to Glennascaul – Mayer Kingsley, Inc.
Vesuvius Express - Otto Lang
Winter Paradise - Cedric Francis

1954 A Time Out of War – Dennis Sanders, Terry Sanders
Beauty and the Bull - Cedric Francis
Jet Carrier - Otto Lang
Siam - Walt Disney

1955 Face of Lincoln - William Blume
24-Hour Alert - Cedric Francis
The Battle of Gettysburg - Dore Schary
On the Twelfth Day - George K. Arthur
Switzerland - Walt Disney

1956 The Bespoke Overcoat - George K. Arthur
Cow Dog - Larry Lansburgh
The Dark Wave - John Healy
Samoa - Walt Disney