Cologne: From the Diary of Ray and Esther
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Template:Infobox film Cologne: From the Diary of Ray and Esther is a 1939 short documentary film which deals with the German-American community on the eve of World War II. It was filmed and directed by amateur filmmakers Esther Dowidat and Raymond Dowidat, residents of Cologne, Minnesota.[1]
In 2001, this fourteen-minute film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant".[2][3]
References
[edit]- ↑ "COLOGNE: FROM THE DIARY OF RAY & ESTHER". allplaidout.com. September 17, 2012. Archived from the original on October 14, 2012. Retrieved October 14, 2012.
- ↑ "Librarian of Congress Names 25 More Films to National Film Registry". Library of Congress. Retrieved June 2, 2020.
- ↑ "Complete National Film Registry Listing". Library of Congress. Retrieved June 2, 2020.
External links
[edit]- Cologne: From the Diary of Ray and Esther essay by Scott Simmon at National Film Registry[1]
- Cologne: From the Diary of Ray and Esther essay by Daniel Eagan in America's Film Legacy: The Authoritative Guide to the Landmark Movies in the National Film Registry, A&C Black, 2010 ISBN 0826429777, pages 299-300 [2]
- Cologne: From the Diary of Ray and Esther at IMDb
- allplaidout.com: Cologne: From the Diary of Ray & Esther Archived 2012-10-14 at the Wayback Machine
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- 1939 short documentary films
- American short documentary films
- United States National Film Registry films
- American black-and-white films
- Black-and-white documentary films
- German-American history
- Films shot in Minnesota
- Works about German-American culture
- 1939 films
- 1939 American films