Movies: Propaganda

The story of how newspapers were distributed during the Blitz, stressing the importance of an accurate and objective press on the home front....

The Front Show is a series of World War II era German military training films shown to German soldiers before being shipped off to the Eastern Front. They were directed by the veteran propagandist Fritz Hippler, best known for Der Ewige Jude....

The Sailor and the Seagull was released by the U.S. Navy in 1949 with a simple goal: encouraging servicemen to re-enlist. In the film, a disgruntled sailor named McGinty complains about the raw deal he believes he is receiving by serving in the Navy....

German propaganda film by Carl Boese....

First World War animated propaganda short, extolling Britain's naval history and mocking the German navy....

From growing potatoes in Green Park, London, to transforming rabbit crates into seed boxes – just a couple of the many ingenious ways of supporting the war effort which are covered in this film from the Ministry of Information....

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The Seediq tribe (Takasago in Japanese) of Taiwan is famous for its head-hunting rituals. A Chinese dignitary from Fujian, Wu Fong (1699-1766), tries to persuade the tribe to cease the rituals....

The absurd and often surrealistic story of the last propaganda film of the Third Reich....

No one knows why for certain, but from 1968 to 1973 communist Albania enjoyed a brief liberalisation in the arts. Banned books and Beatles records changed hands. Albania’s Nobel-nominated novelist Ismail Kadare wrote two of his most famed masterpiece...

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The only surviving film directed by Tazuko Sakane. A propaganda film to encourage Japanese young woman to move to Manchuria to become the wives of Japanese emigrants, so-called brides of the Continent. Villagers played roles different from their actu...

German propaganda film about the importance of buying war bonds....

The story of Istituto Luce and it's newsreels, full of visual records of the social and political history of Italy under Mussolini's leadership....

“100%” is a new political party led by Juan Palacios, which promises to change the entire current political landscape, ending corruption once and for all and favoring the people with its policies....

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Documentary examining the steel industry in Youngstown, Ohio during World War II. Focuses on steel production, including the smelting process, slagging and the blast furnace. Workers reflect upon their lives and the importance of their jobs. Emphasiz...

At the beginning of the 70s, Sahia Studio produced a number of social investigations commissioned by the Central Committee of the Romanian Communist Party, intended to expose the so-called "social parasitism". The decision was taken after the theses ...

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A combination of Lightning Sketches along with stop-motion animation illustrate England's reactions and responses in World War One....