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US propaganda film: racial/religious prejudice

Film | Accession Number: 1994.119.1 | RG Number: RG-60.2269 | Film ID: 857

Dramatizes, by animation, the mixing of "Dr. Hitler's purge medicine" (consisting of racial and religious prejudice) by Nazi propangandists. Efforts to see this "purge" tonic in the US are shattered on the rock of American tolerance.


Film Title
Weapon of War
Duration
00:05:14
Date
Production:  1944
Language
English
Genre/Form
Propaganda.
Credit
Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration

About This Film

Contributor
Producer: United States. Army. Signal Corps.
B&W / Color
Black & White
Image Quality
Fair
Time Code
03:15:01:00 to 03:20:15:00
Film Format
  • Master
    • Master 857 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
    Master 857 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
    Master 857 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
    Master 857 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
  • Preservation
    • Preservation 857 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
    Preservation 857 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
    Preservation 857 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
    Preservation 857 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 September 1994.
Note
Distributed by the War Activities Committee of the Motion Picture Industry
See Story 962, Film ID 913 for a similar version of "Weapon of War" with different titles.
Copied From
35mm; b/w
Film Source
United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
File Number
Legacy Database File: 1924
Source Archive Number: 111 M 1108

Rights and Restrictions

Conditions on Access
You do not require further permission from the Museum to access this archival media.
Copyright
Public Domain
Conditions on Use
To the best of the Museum's knowledge, this material is in the public domain. You do not require further permission from the Museum to reproduce or use this material.

 
Record last modified: 2022-07-28 22:02:57
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