Baptism of Fire (1940 film) (1940)

Original title

Feuertaufe - Der Film vom Einsatz unserer Luftwaffe im polnischen Feldzug

Directed by

Hans Bertram

Genre

documentary film

Country

Germany

Runtime

1h 30m

Rating

5.4 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This German documentary shows early military campaigns of World War II, focusing on aerial combat. It presents the war effort as a necessary and glorious mission for the nation.

propagandistictriumphantpatrioticfast-pacedstirringaustereheroic overtonesnationalistic

What happens

Baptism of Fire (German: Feuertaufe) is a 1940 German documentary film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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