Inside Nazi Germany—1938
| Inside Nazi Germany—1938 | |
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Crowd in front of the Embassy Newsreel Theatre in New York City showing "Inside Nazi Germany—1938" | |
| Directed by | Jack Glenn |
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| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
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Running time | 16 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Inside Nazi Germany—1938 is a short documentary film, an episode of The March of Time newsreel series that was presented in American theaters beginning January 18, 1938. The film is an examination of Germany under Adolf Hitler that screened at a strongly non-interventionist time in America.[2] Directed by Jack Glenn, it was inducted into the National Film Registry in 1993.
Production
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Julien Bryan shot over 25,000 feet of film for the project.[3]
Release
[edit]The Chicago Board of Censors banned the film stating that it was "unfriendly to the German government", but Police Commissioner James P. Allman overruled them. Warner Bros. refused to show the film in any of its theaters.[3]
Reception
[edit]In 1993, Inside Nazi Germany—1938 was deemed "culturally significant" by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry.[4]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Synopsis" (PDF). The March of Time Newsreels. HBO Archives. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 6, 2015. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
- ↑ Genzlinger, Neil (September 2, 2010). "'March of Time' Documentary Series is Revisited". The New York Times. Retrieved September 20, 2026.
- 1 2 Waldman 2008, pp. 13.
- ↑ "Librarian of Congress Names 25 More Films to National Film Registry". Library of Congress. Archived from the original on October 26, 2012. Retrieved September 20, 2026.
Works cited
[edit]- Waldman, Harry (2008). Nazi Films In America, 1933-1942. McFarland & Company. ISBN 9780786438617.
External links
[edit]- 1938 films
- Documentary film stubs
- 1938 short documentary films
- United States National Film Registry films inducted in 1993
- Black-and-white documentary films
- American short documentary films
- RKO Pictures short films
- The March of Time films
- Newsreels
- Documentary films about Nazi Germany
- American black-and-white films
- 1938 English-language films
- 1938 American films
- English-language short documentary films