Walt Disney 's '' Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs '' , the world 's first full-length Technicolor animated feature film with sound and widely seen as one of the greatest motion pictures of all time , received only one nomination ( Best Score ) . In the following year , the Academy presented Disney an Honorary Academy Award , " for creating '' Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs '' 1937 , recognized as a significant screen innovation which has charmed millions and pioneered a great new entertainment field for the motion picture cartoon . " ( One statuette and seven miniature statuettes on a stepped base . ) This is a rare case of a film being recognized in two succeeding ceremonies
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