Cologne: From the Diary of Ray and Esther
Appearance
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]
References
- ^ "COLOGNE: FROM THE DIARY OF RAY & ESTHER". allplaidout.com. Retrieved October 14, 2012.
- ^ "FILMS SELECTED TO THE NATIONAL FILM REGISTRY, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS - 2001". National Film Registration Board. Retrieved October 14, 2012.
External links
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- allplaidout.com: Cologne: From the Diary of Ray & Esther
Categories:
- 1939 films
- American films
- American documentary films
- United States National Film Registry films
- American black-and-white films
- Short documentary films
- 1930s documentary films
- Black-and-white documentary films
- German-American history
- Films shot in Minnesota
- Works about German-American culture
- Historical documentary film stubs
- Short documentary film stubs