"Cologne" is a 14-minute black-and-white documentary from 1939, the first year of World War II. But in the United States, especially in the little town of Cologne, all is still fine. Silent films from 1939 are fairly uncommon, this was also already way into the sound era. So it should not come as a surprise that the Dowidats never made another film before or after this little documentary. The people are kinda fun to watch and it is all very harmonic in here. But it is really only interesting and relevant to people who have a connection with the place. Everybody else can skip it. I am pretty certain that this documentary would be entirely unknown by today if it hadn't been included in the National Film Registry back in 2001. Cologne here is not the big city in Germany, but in Minnesota, a state that has many immigrants with German background, which is also mentioned in the film. All in all, a forgettable watch. Not a failure, but I still don't recommend it. Looks definitely a lot older than 1939.
Review of Cologne
