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Krakatoa

1933 American short documentary film directed by Joe Rock
Movie short_film Q6435921
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Summary

Krakatoa is a short film[1]. Krakatoa ranks in the top 6% of short film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (74 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Academy Award for Best Short Subject, Novelty[3]
  • Director: Joe Rock[4]
  • Genre: documentary film[5]
  • Cast member: Graham McNamee[6]
  • Producer: Joe Rock[7], E. W. Hammons[8]
  • Production company: Educational Pictures[9]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[10]
  • Color: black-and-white[11]
  • Country of origin: United States[12]
  • Publication date: January 1, 1933[13]
  • Distributed by: Fox Film Corporation[14]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Short Subject, Novelty[15]
  • Title: Krakatoa[16]
  • Duration: 26 minutes[17]

Why It Matters

Krakatoa has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] Krakatoa is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

FAQs

What awards did Krakatoa receive?

Honors received include Academy Award for Best Short Subject, Novelty[3].

Related Entities

United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . oscars.org. oscars.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6d ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 10
    Wikipedia languages → ['azb', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'fa', 'id', 'pt', 'tr', 'uk', 'ur']
    Ampas collections film id → W070273
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Ampas collections film id: W070273, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/290954|batch #290954]]"
  2. 8w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Color → black-and-white
    Duration → {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+26'}
    Instance of → short film
    Production company → Educational Pictures
    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Filmová databáze film id: 7926, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269269|batch #269269]]"
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