Krakatoa (film)

  • Graham McNamee: Narrator ( 1933)
  • Joseph Cotten: Narrator ( 1966)

Krakatoa is a documentary short film, the 1934 Oscar for Best Short Film - Novelty won.

Film subject

The film is about the volcanic island of Krakatoa, which lies in a strait between the Indonesian islands of Sumatra and Java. Since 1927, a new volcanic underwater around the edge of the existing volcanic island group was active, but could not protrude permanently above sea level in the following years. In August 1930, ranged from the increased activity of the volcano to form Anak Krakatau as a new part of the archipelago. In September 1932, he towered already 47 meters out of the sea, the year of release of the film was 67 meters, the wide crater of the volcano measure over 700 meters in diameter.

Production and background

Krakatoa was produced by Joe Rock for Educational Pictures, a movie studio, which otherwise turned mainly comedies and among other things, the former silent film star Buster Keaton had under contract. The company Fox Film Corporation was responsible for sales in the United States. On the poster, the premiere of the film accompanying the viewers ' first spectacular images of the undersea erupting volcano " were promised the spectacle was the " terrifying splendor of tückischten inferno of the World " touted as.

1966 a revised version of the film was made for the Library of Congress. The narrator was now spoken by actor Joseph Cotten.

Awards

The short film won the Academy Award for Best Short Film at the Academy Awards 1934 - Novelty.

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