Siege (1940 film)

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Siege
Directed by Julien Bryan
Narrated byJulien Bryan
CinematographyJulien Bryan
Distributed by RKO Radio Pictures
Release date
1940
Running time
10 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Siege by Julien Bryan

Siege is a 1940 documentary short about the Siege of Warsaw by the Wehrmacht at the start of World War II. It was shot by Julien Bryan, a Pennsylvanian photographer and cameraman who later established the International Film Foundation. [1]

Siege was nominated for an Oscar for Best One-reel Short at the 13th Academy Awards in 1941, [2] and, in 2006, it was named to the National Film Registry by the Librarian of Congress as "a unique, horrifying record of the dreadful brutality of war". [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Librarian of Congress Adds Home Movie, Silent Films and Hollywood Classics to Film Preservation List". Library of Congress. December 27, 2006.
  2. "The 13th Academy Awards (1941) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-12.