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With its Oscar win for Best Original Screenplay, the film is (as of 2007) the only short film to win an Academy Award outside of the short film categories.
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This film had one of the largest non-theatrical runs in the history of American cinema. Thousands of 16-millimeter prints were distributed to schools across the country.
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This film had its American network television premiere as a special episode of G.E. True Theater on CBS in 1961. However, it was broadcast in black and white.
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The film won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, even though it has little dialogue.
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