(Word and Deed)
Directed by: Fritz Hippler
Release dates:1938
Running time: 10
minutes
Country: National-Socialist Germany
Language: German
The film begins with a montage of clips from the Weimar
period, showing a series of clips of Labour and Communist rallies, interspersed
with scenes of scantily clad cabaret girls, and then shots of the posters of
the different Weimar era political parties. this illustrates the chaos and
decadence of the Weimar period. This sequence ends with social-democrat Otto
Braun making a ridiculous speech against National-Socialism.
The
film then goes into a series of sequences showing how the National-Socialist rule
has improved various aspects of German life:
-
Agricultural production (with scenes of the Reich
Labor Service at work)
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Improvement of the youth (Hitler Youth scenes)
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Coal production
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Autobahn construction
-
The Winter Help Campaign
-
Steel production
-
Factories being built
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