The Opening of the Academy Awards in 1971

The opening of the 43rd Academy Awards in 1971, featuring an introduction by Academy President Daniel Taradash and appearances by Goldie Hawn, Jeanne Moreau, Melvyn Douglas, Ryan O’Neal, Leigh Taylor-Young, George Segal, Jennifer Jones, Lee Grant, Maximilian Schell, Ginger Rogers, Jack Nicholson, Ali McGraw, Robert Evans, Quincy Jones, Sally Kellerman, Jim Brown, Sarah Miles, Angie Dickinson, Burt Bacharach, Joan Blondell, Genevieve Bujold, Paula Prentiss, Richard Benjamin, Walter Matthau, Juliet Prowse, Glen Campbell, Merle Oberon, Gregory Peck, Eva Marie Saint, Steve McQueen and Harry Belafonte. Shirley Jones and John Marley present the Oscar® for Sound to Douglas Williams and Don Bassman for “Patton.”