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The Corruption Of America - 1930's German Propaganda
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keywords: united states, 1930's decadence, german propaganda, labor union strikes, milk wars, ghetto slums, gangster john dillinger, first lady eleanor roosevelt
Synopsis: A German propaganda film describing the decadence of the United States in the 1930's with, topic aside, has some outstanding footage of violent labor strikes, coal mine strike, scenes of the 1939 Milk Wars, migrant workers, ghetto slums in a major city, gangster John Dillinger, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, wrestling match, suicide crime scene...(read more)
- Date: 1930's
- Duration: 00:15:06
- Sound: Yes
- Color: Monochrome
- Type: Public Domain
- Language: German
- Location: United States
The Corruption Of America - 1930's German Propaganda
An anti-American propaganda film produced by Germany to describe the state of American society in the 1930's. Scenes of the Statue of Liberty and President Franklin D. Roosevelt addressing Congress. Troops and mounted police rout striking workers with bayonets and tear gas, 1934 West Coast Waterfront Strike, also known as 1934 West Coast Longshoremen's Strike, removing injured striker on stretcher, arresting and hauling away rioters. Striking workers smash factory windows. Protesters dump milk on roads during milk wars of 1939. Crowds of striking workers dispersed by tear gas. Still photographs of Major de Rothschild, La Guardia, and other prominent Jews in the U.S.
Depression-era footage of the 1930s. Shows "Oakie" family on vehicle entering the guarded gate at Keene Ranch, a migrant "peach pickers" workers camp in California. Shacks of migrant workers at Keene Ranch . Apartment building in ghetto slum of major city, young boy smoking a cigarette, CU image of gangster John Dillinger, shows bullet riddled car.
Mrs. Roosevelt wearing latest fashions. Band plays music; African-Americans (Blacks) dancing the Charleston in a dance contest. CU image of band playing. White couples dancing in "last one standing" or "last couple standing" dance contest. Cubistic and surrealistic art, Jewish war veterans parading, African-Americans (Blacks) gather for revival and river baptism, several women baptized. brutal men and women wrestling and boxing matches, freak sport scenes, mud wrestling and wrestling in a ring of fish. Man stand on ledge of Chicago high-rise building, body of man in street after jumping from building.
Shot List:
00:00:37;08
Black & White scenes of the Statue of Liberty, Statue of Liberty with passenger liner in background leaving New York City Harbor, close-up of Statue of Liberty
00:01:17;06
President Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) addressing Congress
00:01:28;05
Violent labor strike footage, soldiers use tear gas to disperse striking workers, soldiers with bayonets attached to rifles, Soldiers confront striking workers, workers carry I.S.U picket (strike) signs
00:03:19;10
Striking workers break windows of building with clubs
01:03:40;07
Line of Soldiers with fixed bayonets at coal mine strike. Soldiers ride coal cars
00:04:07;09
Women carry protest signs in milk wars of 1939, protesters stop trucks and dump cans of milk onto the ground, large crowds of workmen facing strike breakers
00:05:44;01
Migrants seeking work, Okie family on truck enters the guarded gate at Keene Ranch, shacks of work camp of migrant workers
00:06:18;12
Apartment building in ghetto slum of major city, young boy smoking a cigarette, CU image of gangster John Dillinger, shows bullet-riddled car
00:06:59;16
Mrs. Roosevelt wearing latest fashions. CU image of Eleanor Roosevelt speaking
00:07:44;14
African-American (black) man in business suite wearing an African headdress does a street dance, African-Americans (Blacks) in dance contest, White couples in "last one standing" or "last couple standing" dance contest
00:10:24;07
African-Americans (Blacks) gather for Revival and river baptisms, woman baptized
00:10:49;05
Wrestling match (combat sport), women wrestling match, boxing match, mud wrestling
00:14:18;05
Crowd looking up watching man standing on ledge of high-rise building threatening to jump, close-up of people taking with man on ledge, Police keeping crowds back, nighttime scene as Police covers body of man that committed suicide by jumping from ledge of high-rise building
