Inside Nazi Germany (1938)

In Volume 4, No. 6, The March of Time producers released their first single-subject issue, a journalistic exposition of the Nazi reign in 1938 Germany, with newsreel cuts of Adolf Hitler, ... See full summary »

Director:

Jack Glenn

Writer:

James L. Shute

Stars:

Jackson Beck, William E. Dodd, Josef Goebbels

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Cast

Credited cast:
Jackson Beck	...	Narrator
William E. Dodd	...	Himself - American Ambassador to Germany
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Josef Goebbels	...	Himself (archive footage)
Adolf Hitler	...	Himself (archive footage)
Fritz Kuhn	...	Himself - American Bund President (archive footage)
Benito Mussolini	...	Himself (archive footage)

Storyline

In Volume 4, No. 6, The March of Time producers released their first single-subject issue, a journalistic exposition of the Nazi reign in 1938 Germany, with newsreel cuts of Adolf Hitler, the Fuehrer; propaganda minister Paul Joseph Goebbles; and Fritz Kuhn, the President of the German-American Bund. The M-o-T cameras poked behind the air of prosperity in Berlin to reveal the persecution of the Jews; the manufacturing of military equipment, and the build-up of the goose-stepping army. It also shifts to New England where the opposition to Fritz Kuhn's American-German Bund is shown. William E. Dodd, the retiring American ambassador to Germany is seen and heard delivering a Nazi-criticism speech.

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Plot Keywords:

germany | new england | jew | hitler | army | 

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Genres:

Documentary | Short | History | War

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 January 1938 (USA)

Also Known As:

March of Time: Inside Nazi Germany

Filming Locations:

Germany

Company Credits

Production Co:

Time

Technical Specs

Runtime:

16 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Follows The March of Time: Volume Three, Number Eleven (1937)

User Reviews

What 1938 voices were saying about "Inside Nazi German."

SENATOR CLAUDE PEPPER OF Florida: "The new March of Time picture awakens us to thing we do not know and should know. It should be shown in every theatre in the land";-- SENATOR KEY PITTMAN,Chairman-Senate Foreign Relations Committee: "'Inside Nazi Germany'shows exactly what happens when a dictator takes control of a nation. I think it highly desirable that this picture be seen by every American."--CHICAGO POLICE COMMISSIONER ALLMAN: "The film is not censorable--I lifted the ban." -- MELVIN M. FAGEN, Exec.Secy.---Conference on Jewish Relations, Inc: "March of Time has performed a notable public service...volumes have been written about Nazi Germany, but I doubt whether any or all of them together have been able to portray the problem in so stirring and in so complete terms." ---ERIC VON SCHROEDER, Chairman German-American League for Culture: "A thoroughly objective film which should everywhere because it represents the truth." -- PENNYSLVANIA BOARD OF CENSORS: "Showing of this film would have a healthy influence, "Inside Nazi German" should be shown throughout the country." -- RABBI STEPHEN S. WISE: "A truthful portraiture of the march of time in Nazi German. As an American, I congratulate 'Time" for defending the Democratic Ideal---by telling the truth about Regimentation in Nazi German."