Paramount News Issue No. 37

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Movie
Original title Paramount News Issue No. 37
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1946
length just under 22 minutes
Rod
production Paramount Pictures ,
Adolph Zukor
music Elsie Janis
occupation
  • Gregory Abbott: Original Speaker
  • Dan Donaldson, Bob Harris, Vincent Connolly, George Putnam, Maurice Joyce, John Lotas, Frank Gallop: previous editions speakers

Paramount News Issue No. 37 is an American documentary - short film , the 1947 for the Oscar was nominated in this category.

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The film is preceded by the words: "For twenty years, Paramount News has brought to you the film report of your times ... and for our birthday we bring to you highlights from two decades of history you saw happen!" (German: Paramount News brings For twenty years you have been reporting from the time ... and for our birthday we are bringing your highlights from two decades of history that have occurred during this period!)

Paramount News Issue No. 37 provides an overview from the first edition in 1927 to No. 37 in 1947 under the motto “eyes and ears of the world”. Reference is made to the various editions that have already given priority to this news on particularly important events, such as Charles Lindbergh and his non-stop flight from New York to Paris in 1927 and the kidnapping of his son in 1932, the earthquake in Long Beach in 1933 , Adolf Hitler took office in 1933, the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941 or the inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt during his third term in office in 1941 and his death in 1945.

Issue No. 37 looks back on the strike by the steelmaker Republic Steel in Chicago, which led to a massacre in May 1937 in which ten workers were killed by the use of firearms by the Chicago police. Furthermore, the disaster of the Zeppelin LZ 129 “Hindenburg” in 1937 in Lakehurst is discussed. Germany's attack on Poland in 1939, which triggered the Second World War, is as much a subject of the film as D-Day on June 6, 1944.

production

Production notes

Adolph Zukor (1914 or before)
Elsie Janis

The film was made by Paramount Pictures on the 20th anniversary of the "Paramount News" issue, which first appeared in 1927. Paramount mogul Adolph Zukor produced Paramount News and has appeared in many of his newsreels himself over the years. The motto of Paramount News was that they were "the eyes and ears of the world". The final scene, in which a cameraman turned a large 35mm film camera in the direction of the audience, was accompanied by a song composed by Elsie Janis called Paramount On Parade .

Paramount News Issue No. 37 also appeared under the alternative titles in the USA:

  • Paramount News Issue # 37 (Twentieth Anniversary Issue! 1927… 1947)
  • Two Decades with the Eyes and Ears of the World
  • Two Decades of History You SAW Happen!

Award

Paramount Pictures was nominated for an Oscar in 1947 for the film in the category "Best Documentary Short Film" , which however went to the film Seeds of Destiny , which was shot for the American Department of War .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The 19th Academy Awards | 1947 see page oscars.org (English)