Boxoffice (Jul-Sep 1940)

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HITLER’S MOST POWERFUL ~ HFTH COLUMN WEAPON Baptism of Fire, a new Nazi propaganda film produced by the German State Film Trust, is designed to terrorize the officials of countries which Germany is about to conquer. Leland Stowe, famed foreign correspondent for the Chicago Daily News reports the film’s terrifying effect upon high Norwegian Government officials just prior to the Nazi invasion. Baptism of Fire also used to “soften” neutral Belgium and Holland. The film was shown effectively to King Carol of Romania. SEIZED BY THE BRITISH " AS CONTRABAND OF WAR Vast quantities of Nazi propaganda material seized by British Contraband Control officers at Bermuda, Gibraltar, Hong Kong and Port Said. Among seizures are prints of the notorious Nazi propaganda film Baptism of Fire. ANALYZED AND EXPOSED ON NATIONWIDE DROAOCAST H. V. Kaltenborn, in an exclusive NBC news report, reveals that Nazis are recruiting Fifth Columnists at U. S. showings of Baptism of Fire. New York agents of German Film Trust admit screenings for Nazi sympathizers in New York, Chicago, St. Louis and Milwaukee. SEPTEMBER NAZI OFFICIALS SEEK TO BAN OWN TERROR FILM AS “UNFAIR TO GERMANY” A spokesman of the German Embassy at Washington says: “Baptism of Fire when shown as part of ‘THE RAMPARTS WE WATCH’ is misleading. Rights to show our picture in this way must be denied”. BUT AMERICA WILL SEE IT IN... THE RAMPARTS WE WATCH" A NEW KIND OF MOVIE . . . FIRST FEATURE PICTURE PRODUCED BY THE MARCH OF TIME