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The 40th Academy Awards | 1968. Santa Monica Civic Auditorium. Wednesday, April 10, 1968. Honoring movies released in 1967.
- The 38th Academy Awards
The Sound of Music. 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound...
- The 38th Academy Awards
The 40th Academy Awards were held on April 10, 1968, to honor film achievements of 1967. Originally scheduled for April 8, the awards were postponed to two days later due to the assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. [1] Bob Hope was once again the host of the ceremony.
At the 41st Awards ceremony on April 14, 1969, Young Americans was announced as the winner of the Documentary Feature Oscar. On May 7, 1969, the film was declared ineligible after it was revealed that the film had played in October of 1967, therefore ineligible for a 1968 Award.
The Academy Award for Best Sound is an Academy Award that recognizes the finest or most euphonic sound mixing, recording, sound design, and sound editing.
From its eleven nominations, the film won only five awards (Best Picture, Best Director, Best Musical Score, Best Art Direction/Set Decoration, and Best Sound) and a sixth Honorary Technical Award for Onna White's choreography.
The Sound of Music. 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, James P. Corcoran, Sound Director; and Todd-AO Sound Department, Fred Hynes, Sound Director.
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On October 16, 1968, at the Olympic Games in Mexico City, 200-meter gold medalist Tommie Smith and bronze medalist John Carlos stood on the victory platform, bowed their heads during the U.S. national anthem and raised their black-gloved fists to raise awareness about racial injustice. The gesture is often referred to as the Black Power Salute.
