Propaganda

1940's 

Don’t Be a Sucker – 1947

August 13, 2017 Roland Faust 1940's, 1947, Don't Be A Sucker, Fascism, film, Germany, Movies, Propaganda, Propaganda Film, Short Films, Short Subjects, World War II, WWII

In the wake of #Charlottesville, we are reposting this film which examines the echoes of 2oth century fascism that are reverberating

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1940's 

Despotism – 1946

April 10, 2017April 18, 2017 Roland Faust 1940's, 1946, America, Antifa, Despot, Despotism, Dictator, Documentary, Donald Trump. Vladimir Putin, Educational Film, Fascism, film, Iran, North Korea, Propaganda, Propaganda Films, Putin, Repression, Trump, war

“The State – I am the State.” – Louis XIV In this timeless educational film from 1946, the pernicious mechanics

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1930's 

Feature Film: Marihuana – 1936

April 9, 2017April 18, 2017 Roland Faust 1930's, 1936, B Movies, Cannabis, Cannabis Sativa, Dwain Esper, Exploitation Film, Feature Films, film, Marihuana, Marijuana, Propaganda, Propaganda Film, Scare Film

Dwain Esper’s 1936 scare film Marihuana, written by his wife Hildagarde Stadie, an obvious expert on the subject.

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1960's 

Perversion for Profit – 1965

April 9, 2017April 18, 2017 Roland Faust 1863, 1960's, 1965, Burlesque, Documentary, Earth, Exotica, Exploitation Film, Girlie Film, History, Perversion for Profit, Propaganda, Propaganda Film, Rome, Scare Film, sex trade

  This moral decay weakens our resistance to the onslaught of the Communist masters of deceit — George Putnam, narrator, Perversion

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1950's 

Animation: What Makes Us Tick – 1952

February 21, 2017April 18, 2017 Roland Faust 1950's, 1952, Animation, Capitalism, Economics, New York, New York Stock Exchange, NYSE, Propaganda, Short Films, Short Subjects, Stock Market, What Makes Us Tick

An animated, idealized illustration of how the stock market works, produced lovingly by the New York Stock Exchange in 1952.

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1940's 

Don’t Be a Sucker – 1947

February 17, 2017April 9, 2017 Roland Faust 1940's, 1947, Don't Be A Sucker, film, Germany, Movies, Propaganda, Propaganda Film, Short Films, Short Subjects, World War II, WWII

In this anti-fascist film produced by US Military in the wake of WWII, the producers deconstructs the politically motivated social

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1950's 

A Journey By London Bus – 1950’s

February 17, 2017April 9, 2017 Roland Faust 1950, 1950's, Africa, British, England, London, London Bus, Movies, Propaganda, Short Films, Short Subjects, travel, UK

Say you’re a native from a colony visiting the utopian Capitol of the Empire. How can you travel from one

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1940's 

Independence Day – 1940

February 16, 2017April 8, 2017 Roland Faust 1940, 1940's, 4th of July, America, Declaration of Independence, Independence Day, Movies, Patriotism, Propaganda, Propaganda Film, Strike, USA

Strike up the band. Let’s celebrate the great day on which the Declaration of Independence was signed … July 4,

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1910's 

So They Tell Me – 1919

February 12, 2017April 9, 2017 Roland Faust 1910's, 1919, Animation, Christmas, Eugene Debs, History, Movies, Political humor, Prohibition, Propaganda, So They Tell Me, war, Wobblies, World War I, World War One, WWI

So They Tell Me, circa 1919, skewers the top headlines of its day, the World War I era. Crude animation

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1960's 

Red Chinese Battle Plan 1964 – Cold War Propaganda

February 11, 2017April 9, 2017 Roland Faust 1960's, 1964, China, cold war, Movies, Propaganda, Propaganda Film, Red China, Short Subjects, war

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1950's 

As We Like It – Beer

February 11, 2017April 9, 2017 Roland Faust 1950, 1950's, Ad, Advert, Alcohol, Beer, film, French, Germany, History, History of Beer, Movies, pastimes, Propaganda, UK

Before the History Channel produced such hard-hitting documentaries about the History of Cheese or the Story of French Fries, trade

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