The Ramparts We Watch (1940)
- Directed by
- Louis de Rochemont
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 27m
- Rating
- 8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This film is about a small American town preparing for a possible war. Made with non-actors from the community, it shows their everyday lives and reactions to the growing threat. The movie uses newsreel-style techniques and includes real Nazi propaganda footage.
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What happens
The Ramparts We Watch is a 1940 American drama film, the first of four full-length features produced by The March of Time, which was much more well known for the series of newsreels they produced from 1935 to 1951. The picture was produced and directed by Louis de Rochemont, from a screenplay by Robert L. Richards and Cedric R. Worth, and was distributed by RKO Radio Pictures, who released it on August 16, 1940. The film used no professional actors, instead relying on residents of the town where most of the filming took place: New London, Connecticut. It also used footage from a Nazi propaganda film, Feuerteufe (Baptism of Fire). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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