A Chance to Live (1949)
18m
Running Time
December 1, 1949Release Date
Plot.
1949 documentary short that won an Oscar in a tie with "So Much For So Little"
Where to Watch.
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Details.
Release DateDecember 1, 1949
StatusReleased
Running Time18m
Wiki.
A Chance to Live is a 1949 American short documentary film directed by James L. Shute, produced by Richard de Rochemont for Time Inc. and distributed by Twentieth Century-Fox. It is part of The March of Time series and portrays Monsignor John Patrick Carroll-Abbing building and running a Boys' Home in Italy.
The film won an Oscar at the 22nd Academy Awards in 1950 for Documentary Short Subject. The Academy Film Archive preserved A Chance to Live in 2005.