'Inside Nazi Germany' (1938) March of Time newsreel

The first mainstream newsreel in the U.S. to directly call the Nazi regime in Germany fascist.

The Library of Congress chose this film for preservation on the National Film Registry in 1993.

[williamhayes]

It's fascinating and mindboggling that seven years from when this documentary takes place, almost everything will be at its worst completely disintegrated or at its best, gutted.

[alabamaslammer]

Who else is here from the gizmodo article?

[richardsimms]

This is a more interesting video than I expected.
It is easy to loose democracy when people are prepared to give up their human rights for a better economy.

[razzakk]

I don’t know where you found this but it is a very good insight into the psychology of the time

[diegostime]

Such a shame that less than 20k people have seen this important historical document meanwhile videos without any contribution to human race have thousands of million views

[qmnwvds]

All this was know in detail, before even the first shot was fired in WWII. If ever there was a war that was predictable, and preventable, this was it.

[Taz.B]

It's a fascinating documentary. You can also see certain parallels in what's happening today

[DBEdwards]

Remarkable account the likes of which I have never seen. Intimate view of the German citizen culture very revealing and in ways prophetic. This film is a unique presentation of 1938 Germany

[BrettOwen]

Such a different world and yet in so many ways exactly the same

[GriefTourist]

It's October 2023 and to be honest the reason this regime occurred becomes clearer by the day.

[darylcheshire]

I used to have this large book called “Chums” which was a boys book. Might have been a compilation of a weekly or monthly magazine bound in an annual book form. My edition was the 1935 edition and it had a section on the Hitler Youth reported positively as if it was a German Scout equivalent.

[edwardwilson]

I had always been told that the News On The March newsreel in Citizen Kane was a parody of The March Of Time and now I can see what they meant.
The voice of the narrator here is the same voice William Alland used in the Kane newsreel. Listen to this and then listen to "America's Kubla Khan" and "An Empire upon an Empire!'"

[sarahairey]

Never again will we see a bunch of guys sitting around the park in suits playing cards. Not even wearing suits, just out and about playing cards. The good old days before phone's when people actually socialised with one another.

[davidcwilson]

This is the year my father decided it was time for him to leave there. . He went to Mexico at first it seems. and met my mother there. Then got married in Gualatamala in 1944 I showed up in San Antonio Texas in 1948 !

[Jon-es-io]

“While Democracy talks, Fascism acts.”
History repeating itself!

[newshound]

So they knew war was coming but seemingly not really because no one was doing jack to stop them.

[tamaveirene]

This is GOLD!!!! Should be conserved by every Truth Loving Family in the World and shown to children frequently. I shall Archive this AND share widely!!!! Thank you for posting!!!

[freelancelady]

One lesson to learn. While democracies talked, fascism acted… today democracies talk again and the others are starting to act up again…

[helenwest]

Does anyone know whether this film is in the public domain? I’m researching it, have learned that it’s in the National Film Registry, but can’t figure out more about it’s availability or status. For now, at least, it’s back on YouTube.

[classiclife]

Comments:
"Insert Trump here!"
"Insert Biden here!" 🤣 Meaningless!
What I don't understand is why so few American fascists don't just proudly own up to their beliefs. They get all mad at the word "fascist" and resent being compared to European fascists of the early 20th century.