The Century: America's Time 1936-1941: Over the Edge (Season 1, Episode 5)
TV Episode | Documentary

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The Century: America's Time

1936-1941: Over the Edge (Season 1, Episode 5)

TV Episode | Documentary

The years 1936 thru 1941. From the Berlin Olympics, burning books and Kristallnacht, anti-Semitism eventually dominates German thinking. Fascists and world leaders utilize film, radio and the new media for propaganda. European tensions ...See moreThe years 1936 thru 1941. From the Berlin Olympics, burning books and Kristallnacht, anti-Semitism eventually dominates German thinking. Fascists and world leaders utilize film, radio and the new media for propaganda. European tensions rise, conflicts erupt, nations fall, and American isolationism increases amid worries that the situation will be a replay of the Great War. Written by Havan_IronOak See less

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24 cast members

Name	Known for
Peter Jennings Self - Host-Narrator Self - Host-Narrator See fewer	ABC World News Tonight with David Muir (1953)
Marian Anderson Self - singing at the lincoln memorial (archive footage) Self - singing at the lincoln memorial (archive footage) See fewer	The Great Debaters (2007)
Neville Chamberlain Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Windsors & WWII (2023)
Winston Churchill Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Matinee Theatre (1955)
Inge Deutschkron Self - German Jew Self - German Jew See fewer	Ab heute heisst du Sarah (1989)
Hans J. Fabian Self - German Jew Self - German Jew See fewer	The Century: America's Time (1999)
David Ginsburg Self - assistant to FDR Self - assistant to FDR See fewer	The Century: America's Time (1999)
Marty Glickman Self - U.S. Olympic Athlete Self - U.S. Olympic Athlete See fewer	84 Charing Cross Road (1987)
Joseph Goebbels Self - Nazi Propoganda Minister (archive footage) (as Josef Goebbels) Self - Nazi Propoganda Minister (archive footage) (as Josef Goebbels) See fewer	Der Führer (1932)
Egon Hanfstaengl Self - Son Hitler Press Chief Self - Son Hitler Press Chief See fewer	Der fremde Donner (1984)
Adolf Hitler Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Triumph of the Will (1935)
Robert Lochner Self Self See fewer	Our World (1986)
Steve McCormick Self - Radio Announcer Self - Radio Announcer See fewer	It Happened to Jane (1959)
David McCullough Self - historian Self - historian See fewer	Seabiscuit (2003)
Henry Metelmann Self - Former Hitler Youth Self - Former Hitler Youth See fewer	Timewatch (1982)
Carl Mydans Self - WPA Photographer Self - WPA Photographer See fewer	Our World (1986)
Jesse Owens Self - U.S. Olympic Athlete (archive footage) Self - U.S. Olympic Athlete (archive footage) See fewer	Kings of the Olympics (1948)
Fred Reif Self - German Jew Self - German Jew See fewer	The Century: America's Time (1999)
Franklin D. Roosevelt Self (archive footage) (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) Self (archive footage) (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) See fewer	The President's Mystery (1936)
Kate Smith Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Natural (1984)
Joseph Stalin Self (archive footage) (as Iosif Stalin) Self (archive footage) (as Iosif Stalin) See fewer	One Inch from Victory (1944)
Karla Stept Self - Austrian Jew Self - Austrian Jew See fewer	The Century: America's Time (1999)
John Cameron Swayze Actor (archive sound) Actor (archive sound) See fewer	The Boston Strangler (1968)
Joachim Von Elbe Self - German Civilian Self - German Civilian See fewer	The Century: America's Time (1999)