And the Oscar goes to . . .

Scientific or Technical Award (Class III). To Paramount Productions, Inc. for the design and construction of the Paramount transparency air turbine developing machine.

Scientific or Technical Award (Class II). To Farciot Edouart and Paramount Pictures, Inc. for the development of the Paramount dual screen transparency camera setup.

Scientific or Technical Award (Class III). To Joseph E. Robbins and Paramount Pictures, Inc. for an exceptional application of acoustic principles to the sound proofing of gasoline generators and water pumps.

Scientific or Technical Award (Class III). To Farciot Edouart, Joseph E. Robbins, William Rudolph and Paramount Pictures, Inc. for the design and construction of a quiet portable treadmill.

Scientific or Technical Award (Class III). To Paramount Pictures, Inc. and 20th Century-Fox Film Corp. for the development and first practical application to motion picture production of an automatic scene slating device.

Scientific or Technical Award (Class I). To Paramount Pictures, Inc., Loren L. Ryder, John R. Bishop, and all the members of the technical and engineering staff for developing a method of producing and exhibiting motion pictures known as VistaVision.

Scientific or Technical Award (Class III). To Loren L. Ryder, Charles West, Henry Fracker, and the Paramount Studios for a projection film index to establish proper framing for various aspect ratios.

Scientific or Technical Award (Class III). To Charles E. Sutter, William B. Smith, Paramount Pictures Corp. and General Cable Corp. for the engineering and application to studio use of aluminum lightweight electrical cable and connectors.