<I>Jesse Owens Returns to Berlin</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1964
name: label: Directed by
content: Bud Greenspan, American, 1926 - 2010
label: Written by
content: Bud Greenspan, American, 1926 - 2010
label: Produced by
content: Bud Greenspan, American, 1926 - 2010
label: Narrated by
content: Jesse Owens, American, 1913 - 1980
label: Owned by
content: D.C. Public Library, American, founded 1896
notes: label: Caption
content: This film was a part of the Washington D.C. Public Library's circulating 16mm film collection housed at the Martin Luther King Jr. Central Library. The collection is particularly noted for the wide variety of African American and African diaspora content.
label: Description
content: A documentary film with the title Jesse Owens Returns to Berlin. It consists of two reels of black-and-white 16mm acetate film with optical sound.
label: Description
content: The documentary opens with aerial footage taken over the city of Berlin with the sound of a helicopter humming in the background. As the helicopter flies over Olympiastadion Berlin, the narrator, Jesse Owens, comments that it was not bombed during WWII. After discussing the global geopolitical climate in 1936, Owens begins to describe his experience participating in the games.
label: Description
content: The rest of the documentary consists of archival footage of the 1936 Olympics, such as the Olympic torch relay; the opening ceremony; several shots of Adolf Hitler at the games; footage of some of the events Owens competed in: 100 meters, long jump, 200 meters, and 4 × 100-meter relay; as well as a scene in which Owens converses with the son of fellow long jumper Luz Long.
label: Description
content: In the final scene, Owens can be seen in a motorcade in New York City, in the voiceover narration, he reports that a bag containing $10, 000 was thrown into his car by an anonymous donor.
place: label: Place used
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
label: Place filmed
content: Germany, Europe
label: Place filmed
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Athletes
label: Topic
content: Documentary films
label: Topic
content: Film
label: Topic
content: International affairs
label: Topic
content: Olympics
label: Topic
content: Race relations
label: Topic
content: Sports
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: DC Public Library Film Collection
label: Classification
content: Time-based Media - Moving Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Transferred from the DC Public Library
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2017.55.57.1ab
objectType: label: Type
content: sound films
label: Type
content: black-and-white films (visual works)
label: Type
content: 16mm (photographic film size)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Restrictions likely apply. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: acetate film
label: Dimensions
content: Duration (Reel 1): 27 Minutes
label: Dimensions
content: Length (Film): 975 Feet
label: Dimensions
content: Duration (Reel 2): 25 Minutes
label: Dimensions
content: Length (Film): 925 Feet