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German anti-American propaganda film

Film | Accession Number: 1992.258.1 | RG Number: RG-60.0782 | Film ID: 317

Eleanor Roosevelt momentarily shown as fashion model. Narrator claims she personally propagated "swing." Narrator makes fun of "inferior" Black American's swing music and dancing and its cultural acceptance among whites. Jitterbugging, swing, and endurance dancing shown. Black baptism in river seen closeup. 02:03:08 Max Ernst and cubist and surrealistic "degenerate art," FDR speaks, and rabbis watch as Jewish War Veterans march. Baptism in river, pro-wrestling match, women wrestling, mud wrestling, and man jumps to death from building.


Film Title
Rund um die Freiheitsstatue -- Ein Spaziergang durch die USA [Trip Past Statue of Liberty]
Duration
00:07:49
Date
Production:  1942
Locale
United States
Language
German
Genre/Form
Propaganda.
Credit
Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Bundesarchiv Filmarchiv

About This Film

B&W / Color
Black & White
Image Quality
Good
Time Code
02:01:08:00 to 02:08:57:00
Film Format
  • Master
    • Master 317 Video: One Inch - NTSC
    Master 317 Video: One Inch - NTSC
    Master 317 Video: One Inch - NTSC
    Master 317 Video: One Inch - NTSC
  • Preservation
    • Preservation 317 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
    Preservation 317 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
    Preservation 317 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
    Preservation 317 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Special Collection
Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Film Provenance
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased this from the National Archives and Records Administration in October 1992. The footage was obtained as research for the Museum's Permanent Exhibition.
Note
The Bundesarchiv/Transit number for this film is 49.
Copied From
35mm DNC (P); b/w
Film Source
United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
File Number
Legacy Database File: 1096
Source Archive Number: 242 MID 3158 R2

Rights and Restrictions

Conditions on Access
You do not require further permission from the Museum to access this archival media.
Copyright
Federal Republic of Germany. Bundesarchiv.
Conditions on Use
Researchers who wish to use this footage should contact the Bundesarchiv Filmarchiv at filmbenutzung@bundesarchiv.de to sign a release, or submit the online request form at: https://www.bundesarchiv.de/EN/Content/Downloads/request-for-use-av-material.pdf?__blob=publicationFile

 
Record last modified: 2022-07-28 22:04:21
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