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Thập niên 1940

• 1941 - Churchill's Island - National Film Board of Canada
  • Adventure in the Bronx
  • Bomber
  • Christmas Under Fire
  • A Letter from Home
  • Life of a Thoroughbred
  • Norway in Revolt
  • Soldiers of the Sky
  • War Clouds in the Pacific
• 1942 - không trao giải
• 1943 - December 7th - United States Navy
  • Children of Mars
  • Plan for Destruction
  • Swedes in America
  • To the People of the United States
  • Tomorrow We Fly
  • Youth in Crisis
• 1944 - With the Marines at Tarawa - United States Marine Corps
  • Hymn of the Nations
  • New Americans
• 1945 - Hitler Lives - Gordon Hollingshead, Producer
  • Library of Congress
  • To the Shores of Iwo Jima
• 1946 - Seeds of Destiny - United States Department of War
  • Atomic Power
  • Life at the Zoo
  • Paramount News Issue#37
  • Traffic with the Devil
• 1947 - First Steps - United Nations Division of Films and Visual Information
  • Passport to Nowhere
  • School in the Mailbox
• 1948 - Toward Independence - United States Army
  • Heart to Heart
  • Operation Vittles
• 1949 - (tie):
  • A Chance To Live - Richard de Rochemont, Producer
  • So Much for So Little - Edward Selzer, Producer
  • 1848
  • The Rising Tide

Thập niên 1950

• 1950 - Why Korea? - Edmund Reek, Producer
  • The Fight: Science Against Cancer
  • The Stairs
• 1951 - Benjy - Made by Fred Zinnemann with the cooperation of Paramount Pictures Corporation for the Los Angeles Orthopaedic Hospital
  • One Who Came Back
  • The Seeing Eye
• 1952 - Neighbours - Norman McLaren, Producer - National Film Board of Canada
  • Devil Take Us
  • Epeira Diadema
  • Man Alive!
• 1953 - The Alaskan Eskimo - Walt Disney, Producer
  • The Living City
  • Operation Blue Jay
  • They Planted a Stone
  • The Word
• 1954 - Thursday's Children - World Wide Pictures and Morse Films
  • Jet Carrier
  • Rembrandt: A Self-Portrait
• 1955 - Men against the Arctic - Walt Disney, Producer
  • The Battle of Gettysburg
  • The Face of Lincoln
• 1956 - The True Story of the Civil War - Louis Clyde Stoumen, Producer
  • Man in Space
  • A City Decides
  • The Dark Wave
  • The House Without a Name
• 1957 - không có given
• 1958 - Ama Girls - Ben Sharpsteen, Producer
  • Employees Only
  • Journey Into Spring
  • The Living Stone
  • Oeuverture
• 1959 - Glass - Bert Haanstra, Producer
  • Donald in Mathmagic Land
  • From Generation to Generation

Thập niên 1960

• 1960 - Giuseppina - James Hill, Producer
  • Beyond Silence
  • En by ved navn København
  • George Grosz' Interregnum
  • Universe
• 1961 - Project Hope - Frank P. Bibas, Producer
  • Breaking the Language Barrier
  • Cradle of Genius
  • Kahl
  • L'uomo in grigio
• 1962 - Dylan Thomas - Jack Howells, Producer
  • The John Glenn Story
  • The Road to the Wall
• 1963 - Chagall - Simon Schiffrin, Producer
  • The Five Cities of June
  • The Spirit of America
  • Thirty Million Letters
  • To Live Again
• 1964 - Nine from Little Rock - Charles Guggenheim, Producer
  • 140 ngày Under the World
  • Breaking the Habit
  • Children Without
  • Eskimo Artist: Kenojuak
• 1965 - To Be Alive! - Francis Thompson, Producer
  • Mural on Our Street
  • Nyitany
  • Point of View
  • Yeats Country
• 1966 - A Year Toward Tomorrow - Edmond A. Levy, Producer
  • Adolescence
  • Cowboy
  • The Odds Against
  • Részletek J.S. Bach Máté passiójából
• 1967 - The Redwoods - Mark Harris và Trevor Greenwood, Producers
  • Monument to the Dream
  • A Place to Stand
  • See You at the Pillar
  • While I Run This Race
• 1968 - Why Man Creates - Saul Bass, Producer
  • The House That Ananda Built
  • The Revolving Door
  • A Space to Grow
  • A Way Out of the Wilderness
• 1969 - Czechoslovakia 1968 - Denis Sanders và Robert M. Fresco, Producers
  • An Impression of John Steinbeck: Writer
  • Jenny Is a Good Thing
  • Leo Beuerman
  • The Magic Machines

Thập niên 1970

• 1970 - Interviews with My Lai Veterans - Joseph Strick, Producer
  • The Gifts
  • A Long Way from Nowhere
  • Oisin
  • Time Is Running Out
• 1971 - Sentinels of Silence - Manuel Arango và Robert Amram, Producers
  • Adventures in Perception
  • Art Is...
  • The Numbers Start with the River
  • Somebody Waiting
• 1972 - This Tiny World - Charles Huguenot van der Linden và Martina Huguenot van der Linden, Producers
  • Hundertwassers Regentag
  • K-Z
  • Selling Out
  • The Tide of Traffic
• 1973 - Princeton: A Search for Answers - Julian Krainin và DeWitt L. Sage, Jr., Producers
  • Background
  • Christo's Valley Curtain
  • Four Stones for Kanemitsu
  • Paisti ag obair
• 1974 - Don't - Robin Lehman, Producer
  • City Out of Wilderness
  • Exploratorium
  • John Muir's High Sierra
  • Naked Yoga
• 1975 - The End of the Game - Claire Wilbur và Robin Lehman, Producers
  • Arthur and Lillie
  • Millions of Years Ahead of Man
  • Probes in Space
  • Whistling Smith
• 1976 - Number Our Days - Lynne Littman và Barbara Myerhoff, Producers
  • American Shoeshine
  • Blackwood
  • The End of the Road
  • Universe
• 1977 - Gravity Is My Enemy - John Joseph và Jan Stussy, Producers
  • Agueda Martinez: Our People, Our Country
  • First Edition
  • Of Time, Tombs and Treasures
  • The Shetland Experience
• 1978 - The Flight of the Gossamer Condor - Jacqueline Phillips Shedd và Ben Shedd, Producers
  • The Divided Trail: A Native American Odyssey
  • An Encounter with Faces
  • Goodnight Miss Ann
  • Squires of San Quentin
• 1979 - Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist - Saul J. Turell, Producer
  • Dae
  • Koryo Celadon
  • Nails
  • Remember Me

Thập niên 1980

• 1980 - Karl Hess: Toward Liberty - Roland Hallé và Peter W. Ladue, Producer
  • Don't Mess with Bill
  • The Eruption of Mount St. Helens!
  • It's the Same World
  • Luther Metke at 94
• 1981 - Close Harmony - Nigel Noble, Producer
  • Americas in Transition
  • Journey for Survival
  • See What I Say
  • Urge to Build
• 1982 - If You Love This Planet - Edward Le Lorrain và Terri Nash, Producers - National Film Board of Canada
  • Gods of Metal
  • The Klan: A Legacy of Hate in America
  • To Live or Let Die
  • Traveling Hopefully
• 1983 - Flamenco at 5:15 - Cynthia Scott và Adam Symansky, Producers - National Film Board of Canada
  • Ihr zent frei
  • In the Nuclear Shadow: What Can the Children Tell Us?
  • Sewing Woman
  • Spaces: The Architecture of Paul Rudolph
• 1984 - The Stone Carvers - Marjorie Hunt và Paul Wagner, Producers
  • The Children of Soong Ching Ling
  • Code Gray: Ethical Dilemmas in Nursing
  • The Garden of Eden
  • Vospominaniye o Pavlovske
• 1985 - Witness to War: Dr. Charlie Clements - David Goodman, Producer
  • The Courage to Care
  • Keats and His Nightingale: A Blind Date
  • Making Overtures: The Story of a Community Orchestra
  • The Wizard of the Strings
• 1986 - Women--for America, for the World - Vivienne Verdon-Roe, Producer
  • Sam
  • Red Grooms: Sunflower in a Hothouse
  • The Master of Disaster
  • Debonair Dancers
• 1987 - Young at Heart - Sue Marx và Pamela Conn, Producers
  • Frances Steloff: Memoirs of a Bookseller
  • In the Wee Wee Hours...
  • Language Says It All
  • Silver Into Gold
• 1988 - You Don't Have to Die - William Guttentag và Malcolm Clarke, Producers
  • Gang Cops
  • Family Gathering
  • The Children's Storefront
  • Portrait of Imogen
• 1989 - The Johnstown Flood - Charles Guggenheim, Producer
  • Fine Food, Fine Pastries, Open 6 to 9
  • Yad Vashem: Preserving the Past to Ensure the Future

Thập niên 1990

• 1990 - Days of Waiting - Steven Okazaki, Producer
  • Rose Kennedy: A Life to Remember
  • Chimps: So Like Us
  • Burning Down Tomorrow
  • Journey Into Life: The World of the Unborn
• 1991 - Deadly Deception: General Electric, Nuclear Weapons and Our Environment - Debra Chasnoff, Producer
  • A Little Vicious
  • The Mark of the Maker
  • Birdnesters of Thailand
  • Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers
• 1992 - Educating Peter - Thomas C. Goodwin (posthumous win) and Gerardine Wurzburg
  • When Abortion Was Illegal: Untold Stories - Dorothy Fadiman
  • At the Edge of Conquest: The Journey of Chief Wai-Wai - Geoffrey O'Connor
  • Beyond Imagining: Margaret Anderson and the 'Little Review' - Wendy L. Weinberg
  • The Colours of My Father: A Portrait of Sam Borenstein - Richard Elson & Sally Bochner
• 1993 - Defending Our Lives - Margaret Lazarus, Renner Wunderlich
  • Chicks in White Satin
  • Blood Ties: The Life and Work of Sally Mann
• 1994 - A Time for Justice - Charles Guggenheim
  • 89 mm od Europy
  • Blues Highway
  • School of the Americas Assassins
  • Straight from the Heart
• 1995 - One Survivor Remembers - Kary Antholis
  • Jim Dine: A Self-Portrait on the Walls
  • The Shadow of Hate
  • The Living Sea
  • Never Give Up: The 20th Century Odyssey of Herbert Zipper
• 1996 - Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien - Jessica Yu director, producer, writer and editor
  • Cosmic Voyage
  • Special Effects: Anything Can Happen
  • The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage
  • An Essay on Matisse
• 1997 - A Story of Healing - Donna Dewey, Carol Pasternak
  • Alaska: Spirit of the Wild
  • Amazon
  • Family Video Diaries: Daughter of the Bride
  • Still Kicking: The Fabulous Palm Springs Follies
• 1998 - The Personals: Improvisations on Romance in the Golden Years - Keiko Ibi
  • A Place in the Land
  • Sunrise Over Tiananmen Square - National Film Board of Canada
• 1999 - King Gimp - Susan Hannah Hadary, William A. Whiteford
  • Eyewitness
  • The Wildest Show in the South: The Angola Prison Rodeo

Thập niên 2000

• 2000 - Big Mama - Tracy Seretean
  • Curtain Call
  • Dolphins
  • On Tiptoe: Gentle Steps to Freedom
  • The Man on Lincoln's Nose
• 2001 - Thoth - Sarah Kernochan và Lynn Appelle
  • Artists and Orphans: A True Drama
  • Sing!
• 2002 - Twin Towers - Bill Guttentag, Robert David Port, Robert Port directors
  • The Collector of Bedford Street - Welcome Change Productions - Alice Elliott producer and director
  • Mighty Times: The Legacy of Rosa Parks - Tell the Truth Pictures - Robert Hudson producer - Robert Houston director
  • Why Can't We Be a Family Again? - Roger Weisberg, Murray Nossel directors
• 2003 - Chernobyl Heart - Maryann DeLeo
  • Asylum - Sandy McLeod và Gini Reticker
  • Ferry Tales - Katja Esson
• 2004 - Mighty Times: The Children's March – Robert Hudson và Bobby Houston
  • Autism Is a World – Gerardine Wurzburg
  • The Children of Leningradsky – Hanna Polak và Andrzej Celinski
  • Hardwood – Hubert Davis và Erin Faith Young
  • Sister Rose's Passion – Oren Jacoby và Steve Kalafer
• 2005 - A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin
  • The Death of Kevin Carter: Casualty of the Bang Bang Club
  • God Sleeps in Rwanda
  • The Mushroom Club
• 2006 - The Blood of Yingzhou District
  • Two Hands: The Leon Fleisher Story
  • Recycled Life
  • Rehearsing a Dream
• 2007 - Freeheld
  • La Corona
  • Salim Baba
  • Sari's Mother
• 2008
  • The Conscience of Nhem En
  • The Final Inch
  • Smile Pinki
  • The Witness - From the Balcony of Room 306
• 2009 - Music by Prudence
  • China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province
  • The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner
  • The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant
  • Rabbit à la Berlin

Thập niên 2010

• 2010 - Strangers No More – Karen Goodman và Kirk Simon
  • Killing in the Name – Jed Rothstein
  • Poster Girl – Sara Nesson
  • Sun Come Up – Jennifer Redfearn và Tim Metzger
  • The Warriors of Qiugang – Ruby Yang và Thomas Lennon
• 2011 - Saving Face  – Daniel Junge và Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
  • The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement – Robin Fryday và Gail Dolgin
  • God Is the Bigger Elvis – Rebecca Cammisa và Julie Anderson
  • Incident in New Baghdad – James Spione
  • The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom – Lucy Walker và Kira Carstensen
• 2012 - Inocente – Sean Fine và Andrea Nix Fine
  • Kings Point – Sari Gilman và Jedd Wider
  • Mondays at Racine – Cynthia Wade và Robin Honan
  • Open Heart – Kief Davidson và Cori Shepherd Stern
  • Redemption – Jon Alpert và Matthew O'Neill

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