News on Screen

Series

Series Name

The March of Time 5th Year

Issue

Issue No.

11

Date Released

Apr 1940

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. The Republic of Finland
• 2. The Vatican of Pius XIi

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 2

Summary

Documentary News Letter synopsis: Finland is a subject with which March of Time has already dealt on an earlier occasion, and it is obvious that there was no possibility of obtaining fresh and exclusive material in Finland in time for inclusion in this new issue. The war scenes are indeed the same as those we have seen in the newsreels; and the remainder of the Finnish material is composed of well-shot scenes of Finland’s peacetime activities (including a monumental shot of Sibelius) and a certain amount of historical material.
One hesitates to accuse an excellent series like the March of Time of anything in the nature of padding, but the Cook’s Tour of Washington’s embassies with which this item begins appears to have little relevance to the main argument, except in so far as the Russian and Finnish representatives are concerned.

Keywords

War and conflict; Scenery and travel

Written sources

Documentary News Letter   Vol.1 No.4 April 1940, p6. Used for synopsis