German anti-American propaganda film

Identifier
irn1000578
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1992.258.1
  • RG-60.0782
Dates
1 Jan 1942 - 31 Dec 1942
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference

Scope and Content

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.

Note(s)

  • The Bundesarchiv/Transit number for this film is 49.

Subjects

  • ART
  • BUILDINGS
  • SPEECHES
  • AFRICAN-AMERICANS
  • DEMONSTRATIONS
  • ROOSEVELT, ELEANOR
  • RABBIS
  • ART (DEGENERATE)
  • RELIGIOUS SERVICES
  • PARADES
  • PROPAGANDA (NAZI)
  • VETERANS (WWI)
  • MUSIC
  • WOMEN
  • JEWS
  • ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D.
  • PROPAGANDA
  • RALLIES
  • UNITED STATES
  • STATUE OF LIBERTY
  • DANCING

Places

  • , United States

Genre

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