List of German documentaries from the time of National Socialism

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This list of German documentaries contains German documentaries from the National Socialist era ( 1933–1945 ). Non-fictional films with a popular or popular science character were shown in the cinema as a sideline and referred to in contemporary jargon as “ cultural films ”. Many of them - but by no means all - served to popularize the National Socialist ideology.

For lists of National Socialist propaganda films, see: Reserved film , List of the highest rated Nazi feature films , List of German films banned under Allied military censorship .

Documentaries from the time of National Socialism

Note: At 24 frames per second, a 35mm film of 1233 m has a duration of 45 minutes, a film of 1642 m has a duration of one hour.

Feature films

Short films

The following films are less than 45 minutes (1233 m) long

title Director, notes year Length (meters)
Superstition Walter Ruttmann 1940
Off the beaten path 1935
Attention! Asia marches 1937 1024 m
All life is a struggle W. Hüttig , Herbert Gerdes 1937
Omnipotence sleep 1937 1183 m
Labor service Hans Cürlis 1933
Labor maids help Martin Rikli 1938
Arno Breker - Hard times, strong art Hans Cürlis , Arnold Fanck 1944
Artists of the work Walter Frentz , Rudi Schaad 1938
Atlantic Wall Arnold Fanck 1944
On new paths Arnold Fanck 1939
Lodz becomes Litzmannstadt 1941-42
Foreign visit to the new Germany 1933 1118 m
Autogenous welding and soldering of light metals Producer: Svend Noldan 1939
The Bemberg thread 1939 1108 m
Pictures from the 39th touring exhibition of German agriculture 1933 1159 m
Pictures of Japan's coasts Arnold Fanck 1936/44
Blood and ground. Foundations of the new empire Rolf von Sonjewski-Jamrowski 1933
Bremen Otto von Bothmer 1936
Colorful reptile world Hans Junghans , first film in Agfacolor 1940
Clivia Svend Noldan 1933/34
The way into the world Paul Lieberenz 1938
German workplaces Svend Noldan 1940
German tanks Walter Ruttmann 1940
German armory Walter Ruttmann 1939/40
Germany Svend Noldan 1937
Through the Reichsschau der Deutschen Landwirtschaft for the exhibition of the Nitrogen Syndicate Berlin Svend Noldan 1933
Honor of work 1936 27 min
Honor the work, respect the worker 1933
Hereditary disease Herbert Gerdes 1935
Ernst Udet. A pilot's life - a hero's life 1941
False thrift Svend Noldan 1933
Festive Nuremberg Hans Weidemann 1937
A film against the common disease cancer Walter Ruttmann 1941
Flanders after 15 years Svend Noldan 1933
Aviators, radio operators, gunners Martin Rikli 1937
Flyers at sea Martin Rikli 1938/39
Freiburg im Breisgau, the gateway to the Black Forest Sepp Allgeier 1936
Front in the sky Wilhelm Stöppler , Carl-Otto Bartning , KL Ruppel 1944
Front view Fritz Hippler, several contributions 1941
Spring in Japan Arnold Fanck 1936/41
Yesterday and today Hans Weidenmann 1938
Belief and beauty Hans Ertl 1938/39
The hold 1943
Heroes of the coast Walter Ruttmann 1937
Handle. A German work of his work Walter Ruttmann 1938
In the service of humanity Walter Ruttmann 1938
Under the sign of trust. A Beyer film Walter Ruttmann 1937/38
Japan's sacred volcano Arnold Fanck 1936/41
Jornada medica na Alemanha / Medical trip through Germany 1939 1004 m
Joseph Thorak - workshop and work Arnold Fanck 1943
Jews, lice, bed bugs 1941
Jews without a mask Walter Böttcher , Leo von der Schmiede 1937
Youth of the world. The film from the IV Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen Carl Junghans 1936
Junker of the Waffen SS 1943
Imperial buildings in the Far East. Recordings of the Japanese Fanck expedition Arnold Fanck 1938
Fight the typhus! 1942
Battle for the mountain. An alpine tour 20 years ago Arnold Fanck 1941
Battle for Norway - Campaign 1940 Martin Rikli 1940
Captain Seemann's settlement house Svend Noldan
Clear ship to battle. A film from the German fleet Leonhard Prince 1936
Small film of a big city ... the city of Düsseldorf on the Rhine Walter Ruttmann 1935
Country folk in need 1935/36
Living tools Director: Hans F. Wilhelm . Book: Walter Sichler , camera: Adolf Krahl 1936 1117 m
light Svend Noldan, with Otto Geiger 1937/38
Country year girl Hans Cürlis 1936
Mannesmann. A film by the Mannesmannröhren-Werke Walter Ruttmann 1936/37
Mannesmann. A Ufa culture film based on the internationally award-winning film Walter Ruttmann 1937/38
Metal of heaven Walter Ruttmann 1934/35
Metal wings 1938 1231 m
With the camera through German nitrogen works Svend Noldan 1934
Münster, the beautiful capital of Westphalia Eugene York 1938
Nuremberg, the city of the Nazi party rallies Kurt Rupli 1940
Sacrifice of the past - the sin against blood and race Gernot Bock-Stieber 1937
The province of Brandenburg 1935 1000 m
Rice and wood in the land of the Mikado Arnold Fanck 1936/40
Armaments workers Edith Hart , Wolf Hart 1943
Turning point Johannes Häussler, Walter Scheunemann 1939
Ship 754 Film of the German Labor Front 1938
Ship in distress Walter Ruttmann 1935/36
Ship without classes EH Albrecht, LO Geller, H. Heinrich, K.-L. Ruppel 1938
Beauty of work Svend Noldan 1934
Beauty of hair through craftsmanship and science 1933 1015 m
Babblers or guys? Phil Jutzi 1941
The Soviet paradise Friedrich Albat 1942
Spindle and loom 1941/42 1005 m
City of Stuttgart. 100th Cannstatter Volksfest Walter Ruttmann 1935
Roads without obstacles Martin Rikli 1935
Stuttgart, the big city between forest and vines - the city of Germans abroad Walter Ruttmann 1935
The sweet lupine 1935/36 1000 m
Day of freedom! - Our armed forces Leni Riefenstahl 1935
Thuringia, the green heart of Germany JC Hartmann , the second film in Agfacolor 1940
'Titarist', the high-performance cutting material 1936 1064 m
Exercise regulations of the Brandenburg Provincial Fire Brigade Association e. V. 1935 1208 m
Ufa Tonwoche 451/1939 - Hitler's 50th birthday Special edition of the Ufa newsreel 1939
Our leader Campaign film by the Gaufilmstellen Berlin and Mark Brandenburg 1934
Our infantry Georg Muschner 1940/41
What you inherit Herbert Gerdes 1939
Water has bars Director: Wilhelm Prager , camera: Kurt Stahnke , Ulrich KT Schulz , Hundhausen, Lehne, Frentz, Jensen 1933 1163 m
Weltstrasse See - World Port Hamburg Walter Ruttman 1938
We are conquering land Martin Rikli 1937
We are and will remain soldiers 1941/42 1108 m
Word made of stone Kurt Rupli 1939
Word and deed. A film document Fritz Hippler , On the Anschluss of Austria 1938
Destruction and construction 1941/42 1071 m

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References and comments

  1. ↑ Film length calculator
  2. ↑ cine-holocaust.de ( Memento of the original from May 15, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. The film was not released, the National Socialists were not sure enough of its planned, hate-generating effect on the German audience. Wist claimed in a trial after the war that he was unaware of the dimensions of the ghetto catastrophe. Months before his suicide, Czerniaków wrote about the shooting in the ghetto: "This 'Jewish film' is the prologue to a catastrophe." @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.cine-holocaust.de
  3. ↑ Bleeding Germany. Internet Movie Database , accessed June 10, 2015 .