March of Time -- outtakes -- Church/religious ceremony in Warsaw; Cardinal Hlond
Creator(s)
- United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
- August Hlond (Subject)
- Jimmy Hodgson (Camera Operator)
- March of Time, Inc. (Producer)
- Jean Pages (Director)
Biographical History
August Cardinal Hlond, the head of the Polish Catholic Church, called for discrimination against Polish Jews unless they converted to Catholicism. Thought to be less antisemitic than many Polish clergymen, Hlond's pastoral letter blasting the Jews for their "harmful morality" revealed the growing influence of Nazi ideology in Poland. Church-sanctioned anti-Jewish policy undermined the tenuous position of Polish Jewry and exacerbated tensions between Jews and Gentiles. Cardinal August Hlond, the Prelate of Poland, was known for making antisemitic pronouncements. He called for a boycott of Jewish shops in Poland as early as 1935 after the death of Jozef Pilsudski.
Scope and Content
November 16, 1947: Cardinal August Hlond arriving in car. Priests, clergy entering the heavily damaged All Saints Catholic Church in Warsaw, including Hlond and Mgr. Sigismund Kaczynski, ex-member of the Polish government in exile at London. 02:46:03 Religious procession on street. Archbishops of Poland talking to Hlond in Kaczynski's office at the residence of the Cardinal of Warsaw. Reverend Michael Kolbuch, Provincial of Poland and father of La Salette Congregation, bowing to Hlond. Children offering flowers. 02:48:16 October 18, 1947: Destroyed church St. Alexander's Church at "Place of Three Cross", some columns still standing, steeple gravely damaged by bombing, worshippers pray under the ruins. People coming in and out of entrance marked "Wejscie Do Kosciola". 02:49:49 Cross. 02:50:12 October 2, 1947: EXT, damaged Church of the Holy Cross, where Chopin's heart is conserved. Facade, scaffolding, Christ statue at the Church of the Holy Cross, workmen on scaffold, "Sursum Corda." 02:51:08 October 5, 1947: Girls singing during mass inside wrecked church, old lady, scaffolding, people praying. 02:52:38 In church service, clergy arrive and leave. Worshippers are blessed, old lady, praying behind ruined walls of church. Girls singing. 02:54:39 Entering confessional, service, old lady, scaffolding.
Note(s)
Cameraman's dope sheet available in departmental files.
The following locations have been positively identified and the catalog record has been updated to reflect this information: Cardinal of Warsaw's residence, All Saints Catholic Church, St. Alexanders Catholic Church at Three Crosses Square, and Church of the Holy Cross. All in Warsaw, Poland.
Subjects
- CLERGY
- CHURCHES
- POLES
- PRIESTS
- PARADES
- CHILDREN
- POLAND
- SINGING
- MARCH OF TIME
- RELIGIOUS SERVICES
Places
- , Poland
- Warsaw, Poland
Genre
- Film
- Outtakes.