Inside Nazi Germany—1938

Inside Nazi Germany—1938
Crowd in front of the Embassy Newsreel Theatre in New York City showing "Inside Nazi Germany—1938"
Directed byJack Glenn
Production
company
Distributed byRKO Radio Pictures
Release date
  • January 18, 1938 (1938-01-18)
Running time
16 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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. 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.

Release

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.

Reception

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.

References

  1. ↑ "Synopsis" (PDF). The March of Time Newsreels. HBO Archives. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 6, 2015. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
  2. ↑ Genzlinger, Neil (September 2, 2010). "'March of Time' Documentary Series is Revisited". The New York Times. Retrieved September 20, 2026.
  3. 1 2 Waldman 2008, pp. 13.
  4. ↑ "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.

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