March of Time -- outtakes -- LaGuardia and anti-war protests (staged)
Creator(s)
- United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
- March of Time, Inc. (Producer)
- John Geisel (Camera Operator)
Scope and Content
03:01:19 845 C (sound): Mayor's Office, City Hall, NYC. VS, Mayor F.H. LaGuardia' s speech on "Any peace talk of Hitler's is sheer nonsense, etc." VS, newspaper reporters listening to speech. Inserts, program booklet, "US Civilian Defense." 03:05:03 845 E (silent, most likely STAGED): Public Library, Fifth Ave, NYC. Various shots of anti-war picket line in front of NYPL with signs: "Arm Britain and Prolong the War"; "Stay out of South America, of Europe, of War"; "Lend-Lease Lose-Lives"; "Hitler has not attacked us, why attack Hitler?"; "Why Not Peace with Hitler?"; "Europe for Europeans. America for Americans"; "Stay out of Europe"; "The Only Fight Worth Fighting is the Fight for Peace". MS, speaker for the American Union for Organization Against War. CU, speaker showing sign: "Fight the Draft, Conscription in Tyranny" and "No Loans to England. No Arms to Anyone." CU, two people, holding signs "American Union for Organization Against War" and "The Army and Navy are Hotbeds for Fascism." CU, one person holding sign: "Protest Any Extension for Army Service."
Note(s)
Outtake from edited March of Time story "Peace by Adolf Hitler". USHMM historians suspect that the protest march has been staged for the March of Time camera. People appear to pose for the camera, speeding up to get into the frame and practicing. There were quite a number of anti-interventionist groups on the left and the right at the time. However, the only references to the "American Union for Organization Against War" relate to this film, and the "organization" does not show up in any of the literature of isolationist groups from the period.
Subjects
- BANNERS
- UNITED STATES
- MARCH OF TIME
- LA GUARDIA, FIORELLO H.
- NEWSPAPERS
- PRESS
- SIGNS/POSTERS
- LIBRARIES
- DEMONSTRATIONS (ANTI-NAZI)
- PROTESTS
- SPEECHES
Places
- New York, NY, United States
Genre
- Outtakes.
- Film