Toward Independence

Toward Independence is a 1948 American short documentary film about the rehabilitation of veterans with spinal cord injuries.^[3] Army Surgeon General Raymond W. Bliss received the award.^[4] In 1949, it won an Oscar for Documentary Short Subject at 21st Academy Awards.^[5] The Academy Film Archive preserved Toward Independence in 2005.^[6]

Toward Independence
Directed by	George L. George[1]
Production company	United States Army Signal Corps[2]
Distributed by	U.S Army
Release date	1948 (1948)
Running time	30 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English