1929 The awards considered films from 1927 and 1928. This was the only Awards ceremony not to be broadcast either on radio or television. It was held in May, five months before the Wall Street crash which heralded the beginning of the Great Depression.
Inspired by lucid dreaming and corporate espionage, it won Academy Awards for Best Visual Effects, Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing, and Best Cinematography. Which film is it?
The French Academy of Sciences was founded, Shah Jahan (the builder of the Taj Mahal) died, and the Great Fire of London burnt in what year?
