Library of Congress (1945)

Name: Library of Congress
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1945-01-01

20m

Running Time

Plot.

A 1945 Oscar nominated short documentary about the Library of Congress. It is one of 26 documentary shorts produced between 1942 and 1945 by the U.S. Overseas Film Bureau, and intended to show foreign viewers something about America and it's values, this one focuses on the important institution in Washington D.C. which preserves written and other works that have been copyrighted, as part of the country's heritage.

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Cast & Crew.

Ralph Bellamy

Narrator

Theodore Roosevelt

Self

Alexander Hammid

Director

Woodrow Wilson

Self

Robert Riskin

Producer

Alex North

Music

Woody Guthrie

Self

Brownie McGhee

Self

Sonny Terry

Self

Details.

Release Date
January 1, 1945

Status
Released

Running Time
20m

Genres
Documentary

Last updated: 2025-02-14

Wiki.

Library of Congress is a 1945 American short documentary film about the Library of Congress, directed by Alexander Hammid, and produced by the Office of War Information. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.

Library of Congress was restored from a 35mm nitrate print by the Academy Film Archive in 2006. The film is part of the Academy War Film Collection, one of the largest collections of World War II-era short films held outside government archives.