Night and Fog (1956)
1940–1945 · Resource
Resnais's 32-minute film, made a decade after liberation. Widely called the greatest documentary ever.
On these timelines: Documentaries, Resources: Combined
Around 1940
- World War II (1939)
- Indian independence and Partition (1947)
- The Holocaust (1941)
- Founding of the State of Israel (1948)
- Cold War (1947)
- Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany (1933)
- Korean War (1950)
- D-Day (Operation Overlord) (1944)
- Pop music: the 1930s (1930)
- Pop music: the 1940s (1940)