Seeds of Destiny
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Seeds of Destiny is a 1946 short propaganda film about the despairing situation faced by millions of children in the wake of the Holocaust who were homeless, parentless, orphaned, and in poor health. The film was produced by the Defense Department of The U.S. Army War Department to keep the world's attention focused on the suffering of displaced and orphaned refugee children in transit and displaced persons camps in Europe and to champion the work of UNRRA. It was the winner of the Oscar for Best Documentary Short Subject in 1946.[2] It was directed by accomplished short film — and later feature film — director David Miller.
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Seeds of Destiny | |
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Directed by | David Miller |
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Narrated by | Ralph Bellamy |
Edited by | Gene Fowler Jr. |
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Distributed by | United States Department of War |
Release date | 1946 (1946) |
Running time | 20 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $200,000,000+[citation needed] |
In countries throughout Europe, as soon as an area had been liberated by the armed forces of the United Nations or as a consequence of retreat of the enemy, the U.S. Army Signal Corps filmed dramatic images of neglected and injured children in displaced persons' camps, refugee camps or wandering the streets in the rubble of bombed out cities.
By 1944, the United States had joined with other nations as a signatory with the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA). The film was premiered before the UNRRA in 1946, and the revenue raised from its distribution was pledged to relieve suffering of the civilians affected by the war, and to assist in their repatriation.