Cologne: From the Diary of Ray and Esther
1939 film
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cologne: From the Diary of Ray and Esther is a 1939 short documentary film which deals with the German-American community on the eve of World War II. It was filmed and directed by amateur filmmakers Esther Dowidat and Raymond Dowidat, residents of Cologne, Minnesota.[1]
Directed byEsther Dowidat, Raymond Dowidat
Starring'Old Man' Guettler, Hans Guettler, Bill Guettler, Esther Dowidat
Release date
- 1939
Running time
14 minutesIn 2001, this fourteen-minute film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant".[2][3]