The March of Time: An American Dictator
Plot: On July 10, 1936, the Time Corporation released the seventh episode of the second year of its newsreel series The March of Time, which included a controversial sequence titled “An American Dictator. ” This segment, purportedly a journalistic exposé, centered on the rise to power and political career of then Dominican head of state Rafael Leónidas Trujillo Molina
Release Date:
Friday, July 10 1936
88 years ago
88 years ago