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American propaganda films.Propaganda films may be packaged in numerous ways, but are most often documentary-style productions or fictional screenplays, that are produced to convince the viewer of a specific political point or influence the opinions or behavior of the viewer, often by providing subjective content that may be deliberately misleading.
An American propaganda poster from World War II produced under the Works Progress Administration. In the United States, propaganda is spread by both government and non-government entities. Throughout its history, to the present day, the United States government has issued various forms of propaganda to both domestic and international audiences.
Mission to Moscow is a 1943 propaganda film directed by Michael Curtiz, based on the 1941 book by the former U.S. ambassador to the Soviet Union, Joseph E. Davies.. The movie chronicles the experiences of the second American ambassador to the Soviet Union and was made in response to a request by Franklin D. Roosevelt.
In Apocalypse Then [4] the movie was found to be full of cheapness and histrionics, and despite being a sincere attempt, the movie is padded and some of the special effects are literally cartoons. The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction found the movie of interest only as an example of US paranoia over Communism in the 1950s .
Pages in category "American anti-communist propaganda films" The following 37 pages are in this category, out of 37 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The film was later released to American television and as an educational film to American schools under the Red Nightmare title. The film is a Cold War -era drama short subject directed by George Waggner , narrated by Jack Webb and starring Jack Kelly and Jeanne Cooper .
Pages in category "American propaganda during the Cold War" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Message urging Americans to send Freedom-Grams through the Crusade. The Crusade for Freedom was an American propaganda campaign operating from 1950–1960. Its public goal was to raise funds for Radio Free Europe; it also served to conceal the CIA's funding of Radio Free Europe and to generate domestic support for American Cold War policies.