Word: filmed
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...contrast to the point of view expressed by the Harvard graduate in this morning's CRIMSON, is the attitude of Oswald Garrison Villard regarding the suppression in Germany of "All Quiet on the Western Front." Villard found the German nation seething with militarism and discontent, ready to seize the film, which most foreigners have regarded as not in the least derogatory to the German character, as a means of propaganda against the Government in the time of a national crisis. Seen from this angle the censorship would appear like a weak surrender to the demagogues of the Hitlerite gang...
While different writers can delve into various causes for the suppression, as patriotic spirit and Hitlerite militarism, the closing of the theatres can also be regarded as a perfectly logical means of preserving public peace. If the film produced a riot in which spectators were occasionally killed, every-time it was shown, the Government was entirely justified in placing it under a bane, despite the howling of the foreign press...
...recent suppression is Germany of the film version of Erich Remarque's book "All Quiet on the Western Front" has caused much comment in the press both here and abroad. A few of the American editorials have been reprinted over here and for the most part they show such a flagrant misunderstanding of the mental attitude of those here who banned the Hollywood production that I feel that even at this last date a few words in explanation from one who is on the spot would not be amiss...
Astronomical photography, said Dr. Mees, has led to the development of more sensitive film than Captain Stevens used...
...This film, already utilized in photographing sporting events at night, was designed primarily for astronomers to photograph very dim stars. Using film treated with neocyanine the solar spectrum has been photographed up to 11,634 angstrom units, far beyond red at 8,000 angstrom units, the longest visible wavelength...