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This Mechanical Age

1954 film by Robert Youngson
Movie short_film Q7786140
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Summary

This Mechanical Age is a short film[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of short film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (48 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film, One-Reel[3]
  • Director: Robert Youngson[4]
  • Genre: documentary film[5]
  • Producer: Robert Youngson[6]
  • Production company: Warner Bros. Entertainment[7], Warner Bros. Pictures[8]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[9]
  • Color: black-and-white[10]
  • Country of origin: United States[11]
  • Publication date: January 1, 1954[12]
  • Distributed by: Warner Bros. Entertainment[13]
  • Main subject: aviation[14]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film, One-Reel[15]
  • Title: This Mechanical Age[16]
  • Duration: 10 minutes[17]

Why It Matters

This Mechanical Age has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18]

FAQs

What awards did This Mechanical Age receive?

Honors received include Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film, One-Reel[3].

Related Entities

United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  4. [3] ↑ . oscars.org. oscars.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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