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Anti-fascist and anti-racist educational film made by US Army Signal Corps

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 1994.119.1 | RG Number: RG-60.2213 | Film ID: 857

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    Anti-fascist and anti-racist educational film made by US Army Signal Corps

    Overview

    Description
    An American film dramatizing the destructive effects of racial and religious prejudice. The film was made to make the case for the desegregation of the US Armed Forces. Reel 1: shows a fake wrestling match and crooked gambling games with narration: "There's a good old-fashioned word for people like this. We call them suckers." An agitator addresses a street crowd; he almost convinces an American man in the audience until he begins to talk to a Hungarian refugee from Germany. A Nazi speaker harangues a crowd in Germany denouncing Jews, Catholics, and Freemasons. Reel 2: A German unemployed worker joins Hitler's Storm Troops. SS men attack Jewish and Catholic headquarters in Germany, and beat up a Jewish storekeeper. A German teacher explains Nazi racial theories; the teacher is dragged away by German soldiers. Reel 3: Summary of Reels 1 and 2. The naturalized Hungarian immigrant explains to the racist American how bigoted demagogy allowed the Nazis to rise to power in Germany and warns him not to fall for it. Narrator: "We must not allow the freedom or dignity of any man to be threatened by any act or word."
    Film Title
    Don't be a Sucker
    Duration
    00:23:00
    Date
    Production:  1945
    Locale
    Germany
    United States
    Credit
    Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration
    Contributor
    Producer: United States. Army. Signal Corps.

    Physical Details

    Language
    English
    Genre/Form
    Instructional.
    B&W / Color
    Black & White
    Image Quality
    Fair
    Time Code
    03:20:26:00 to 03:43:26:00
    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

    Rights & 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.

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    Administrative Notes

    Film Provenance
    The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased this from the National Archives and Records Administration in September 1994.
    Copied From
    35mm; b/w
    Film Source
    United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
    File Number
    Legacy Database File: 1849
    Source Archive Number: 111 EF 6 R1-3
    Record last modified:
    2024-02-21 07:46:23
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