Watch America Today (1934) : Movies Trailer One of the key works in creating the American social documentary film, this 1934 newsreel compilation crams a lot of information into just 11 minutes. Skillfully edited, the picture captures a panorama of international events centered on the labor movement. Scenes include Mussolini, Hitler and FDR preparing for war, Nazi soldiers persecuting German Jews, a political strike in Paris, the Scottsboro demonstration in Washington, DC, police violence against striking steelworkers in Pennsylvania and union members stopping scab workers from delivering milk during a dairy farmers strike in Wisconsin. Under the direction of pioneering documentarian Leo Hurwitz, the images are edited together to create a powerful image of a world that, in his view, desperately needed radical change. | ||
| Release Date | : | Jan 01, 1934 |
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| Genres | : | Documentary |
| Production Company | : | Workers Film and Photo League |
| Production Countries | : | United States of America |
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| Plot Keywords | : | fascism, labor, war |
