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  • The War of the Worlds
    Byron Haskin

    Known as the triple-head background projector, it earned Haskin a Technical Achievement Award at the 1939 Academy Awards; he also received Oscar nominations for his special effects for The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939), The Sea Hawk (1940), The Sea Wolf (1941), and Desperate Journey (1942).

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    Known as the triple-head background projector, it earned Haskin a Technical Achievement Award at the 1939 Academy Awards; he also received Oscar nominations for his special effects for The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939), The Sea Hawk (1940), The Sea Wolf (1941), and Desperate Journey (1942).

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