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| | Awarded to: | | | - Mary Pickford
- In recognition of her unique contributions to the film industry and the development of film as an artistic medium.
- Mary Pickford was not present at the awards ceremony. The presentation was made at her Pickfair estate and taped for inclusion in the broadcast.
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| 24 March |
| Academy Lobby, AMPAS, Los Angeles, California, USA |
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| | Winners: | | | - William F. Miner (Universal City Studios, Inc.); Westinghouse Electric Corp.
- For the development and engineering of a solid-state, 500 kilowatt, direct-current static rectifier for motion-picture lighting.
- Chadwell O'Connor (O'Connor Engineering Laboratories)
- For the concept and engineering of a fluid-damped camera-head for motion-picture photography.
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| | Winners: | | | - Bell & Howell
- For the engineering and manufacture of a computerized tape punching system for programming laboratory printing machines.
- Carter Equipment Co., Inc.; Ramtronics
- For the engineering and manufacture of a computerized tape punching system for programming laboratory printing machines.
- Hollywood Film Co.
- For the engineering and manufacture of a computerized tape punching system for programming laboratory printing machines.
- Lawrence W. Butler; Roger Banks
- For the concept of applying low inertia and stepping electric motors to film transport systems and optical printers for motion-picture production.
- David J. Degenkolb (Deluxe General, Inc); Fred Scobey (II) (Deluxe General, Inc); John Dolan (II) (Akwaklame Company); Richard Dubois (Akwaklame Company)
- For the development of a technique for silver recovery from photographic wash-waters by ion exchange.
- Fredrik Schlyter
- For the engineering and manufacture of a computerized tape punching system for programming laboratory printing machines.
- Joseph Westheimer
- For the development of a device to obtain shadowed titles on motion-picture films.
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