Editing Cologne: From the Diary of Ray and Esther

{{short description|1939 film}}
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| name           = Cologne: From the Diary of Ray and Esther
| image          = Colognefilmphoto.jpg

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| director       = Esther Dowidat, Raymond Dowidat
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| starring       = 'Old Man' Guettler, Hans Guettler, Bill Guettler, Esther Dowidat
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| released       = {{Film date|1939}}
| runtime        = 14 minutes
| country        = United States
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'''''Cologne: From the Diary of Ray and Esther''''' is a 1939 short [[documentary film]] which deals with the German-American community on the eve of [[World War II]]. It was filmed and directed by amateur filmmakers Esther Dowidat and Raymond Dowidat, residents of [[Cologne, Minnesota]].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://allplaidout.com/2012/09/cologne/|title= COLOGNE: FROM THE DIARY OF RAY & ESTHER|date= 17 September 2012|publisher= allplaidout.com|accessdate= October 14, 2012|archive-date= 14 October 2012|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121014145641/http://allplaidout.com/2012/09/cologne/|url-status= dead}}</ref>

In 2001, this fourteen-minute film was selected for preservation in the United States [[National Film Registry]] by the [[Library of Congress]] as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Librarian of Congress Names 25 More Films to National Film Registry|url=https://www.loc.gov/item/prn-01-184/national-film-registry-2001/2001-12-18/|access-date=2020-06-02|website=Library of Congress}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Complete National Film Registry Listing |url=https://www.loc.gov/programs/national-film-preservation-board/film-registry/complete-national-film-registry-listing/|access-date=2020-06-02|website=Library of Congress}}</ref>

==References==
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== External links ==
 
*''Cologne: From the Diary of Ray'' ''and Esther'' essay by Scott Simmon at [[National Film Registry]][https://www.loc.gov/static/programs/national-film-preservation-board/documents/cologne.pdf]
*''Cologne: From the Diary of Ray'' ''and Esther'' essay by Daniel Eagan in America's Film Legacy: The Authoritative Guide to the Landmark Movies in the National Film Registry, A&C Black, 2010 {{ISBN|0826429777}}, pages 299-300 [https://books.google.com/books/about/America_s_Film_Legacy.html?id=deq3xI8OmCkC]
*{{IMDb title|0303269|Cologne: From the Diary of Ray and Esther}}
* [http://allplaidout.com/2012/09/cologne/ allplaidout.com: Cologne: From the Diary of Ray & Esther] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014145641/http://allplaidout.com/2012/09/cologne/ |date=2012-10-14 }}
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[[Category:1939 short documentary films]]
[[Category:American short documentary films]]
[[Category:United States National Film Registry films]]
[[Category:American black-and-white films]]
[[Category:Black-and-white documentary films]]
[[Category:German-American history]]
[[Category:Films shot in Minnesota]]
[[Category:Works about German-American culture]]
[[Category:1939 films]]
[[Category:1930s American films]]


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