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Kampf um Norwegen – Feldzug 1940: Martin Rikli documentary Battle for Norway - 1940 campaign; propaganda film about the Norwegian Campaign: Kanarienvögel: Wolfram Junghans, Ulrich K.T. Schultz: Karikatur 1 : Louis Steel: animation Kora Terry: Georg Jacoby: A Man Astray: Herbert Selpin: Hans Albers, Charlotte Thiele, Hilde Weissner: Adventure ...
The Three Codonas (German: Die drei Codonas) (1940) – Nazi German drama film based on the life of the circus performer Alfredo Codona [35] The Westerner (1940) – Western film concerning a self-appointed hanging judge in Vinegaroon, Texas, who befriends a saddle tramp who opposes the judge's policy against homesteaders [36]
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The 1940 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XII Olympiad, was a planned international multi-sport event scheduled to have been held from 21 September to 6 October 1940, in Tokyo City, Japan, and later rescheduled for 20 July to 4 August 1940, in Helsinki, Finland following the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1937.
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While not as highly regarded as films of the preceding Weimar Republic era, [citation needed] the films of Nazi Germany, mainly made under control of Joseph Goebbels, hold a fascination for many, [citation needed] both as historical documents of one of the most important periods of 20th century history, as well as for their own artistic merit.
During August 1940, prisoners of war celebrated a "special Olympics" called the International Prisoner-of-War Olympic Games at Stalag XIII-A in Langwasser, near Nuremberg, Germany. An Olympic flag , 29 by 46 cm in size, was made of a Polish prisoner's shirt and, drawn in crayon, it featured the Olympic rings and banners for Belgium, France ...
In addition, Germany had been selected to host the 1916 Summer Olympics as well as the 1940 Winter Olympics, both of which had to be cancelled due to World Wars. After these wars, Germany was banned from participating in the 1920, 1924 and 1948 Olympics. While the country was divided, each of the two German states boycotted one of the Summer Games.