Intro of 92nd

The opening scene of The House on 92nd Street is very similar to a history channel style documentary. It starts with about 5 minutes of solid narration, discussing the workings of the Nazi Regime. It includes rare, scratchy footage of mysterious looking men walking in and out of mysterious looking buildings. In these shots the film is trying to both pull viewers in and educate them on what exactly they are being pulled into. In the same style to most history channel documentaries it is telling the viewer, "This is what we are going to talk about." And, "You are going to here about all these things you've probably never heard about before." But never really suggests, at least in the opening scene that it is going to take ninety minutes to do so. What works with this film is the ability it has to walk the line of interesting narrative fiction, while still seemingly staying true to historical accuracy. The opening is a unique approach to a narrative story and with The House on 92nd Street I believe it works.