Man: One Family

Year Published: 1940

Creator: British Information Services

Complete Record: Traces the mingling of races in Europe and discusses facial characteristics similar to various races in a refutation of the "master race" theory. People with torches gather in front of a large wooden cross. Swastika appears on screen with footage of a gigantic nazi parade. Hitler appears. Mass graves are shown. Cuts to a man in an office addressing the camera. Flips through Mein Kampf. Camera pans over other German books. Man feeds chickens. Greyhound races and sheep are shown. Cuts to footage of cartoon of man stealing pocket watch. Man swallows chicken whole. Scottish man bows and disintegrates. Cut to animated map of the conflicts of various ancient peoples who have invaded Britain. Cartoon shows books falling onto the continent then morphing into national flags. Happy nazi soldiers wrestle each other. Film shows a chart with the title “European Words with Common Aryan Roots.” Ancient wall carving is presented. Caucasian, Asian, African soldiers are compared. The map shows the line of skin coloring getting darker toward the south of the world. Our host talks at the camera and refers to Mein Kampf again. Animation shows the words from the book dissolving. All the pages are blank. Presumably Africans are shown rowing a boat. White soldiers are eating a meal. Bomb is dropped. Fighter planes shoot at the ground. Talks amongst leaders. Troops march through the snow. Albert Einstein makes a cameo. Kids from different countries are shown at school. Parade of people wearing shorts and athletic looking garb with words flashing on screen showing different ethnicities Hitler targeted. Men in uniforms in front of tents. “All of Us Together, Man: One Family” words appear on screen.