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Sun Aug 13, 2017, 12:15 PM

Don't Be A Sucker - 1947 - An anti-fascist film produced by the US Military

I ran across a short version on Twitter but wanted to see the rest so hunted it down. I wish we could get something like this played on our current airwaves, perhaps updated.

"In this anti-fascist film produced by US Military in the wake of WWII, the producers deconstruct the politically motivated social engineering of Germany by the Nazi regime."



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Reply Don't Be A Sucker - 1947 - An anti-fascist film produced by the US Military (Original post)
WePurrsevere Aug 2017 OP
ornotna Aug 2017 #1
WePurrsevere Aug 2017 #2
Wounded Bear Aug 2017 #3
WePurrsevere Aug 2017 #4
Weekend Warrior Aug 2017 #5
AntiFascist Aug 2017 #6
Coventina Aug 2017 #7
WePurrsevere Aug 2017 #9
oasis Aug 2017 #8
WePurrsevere Aug 2017 #10

Response to WePurrsevere (Original post)

Sun Aug 13, 2017, 12:50 PM

1. Thanks for posting

It's happening right before our very eyes.

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Response to ornotna (Reply #1)

Sun Aug 13, 2017, 01:38 PM

2. Sadly we didn't learn from history well enough so we get to repeat it...

Hopefully we'll finally get it right this time but while I still have hope, I'm not holding my breath either.

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Response to WePurrsevere (Original post)

Sun Aug 13, 2017, 01:39 PM

3. K & R ......for visibility..nt

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Response to Wounded Bear (Reply #3)

Sun Aug 13, 2017, 03:48 PM

4. Thank you! nt

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Response to WePurrsevere (Original post)

Sun Aug 13, 2017, 04:11 PM

5. K&R nt

 

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Response to WePurrsevere (Original post)

Sun Aug 13, 2017, 05:10 PM

6. K&R Excellent film...


pointing out truth as the enemy of the Nazis. "America is minorities"

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Response to WePurrsevere (Original post)

Sun Aug 13, 2017, 05:31 PM

7. Just watched the whole thing. Wow.

Very well put.

Ageless wisdom.

Who knew the War Department could do such work?

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Response to Coventina (Reply #7)

Mon Aug 14, 2017, 06:46 AM

9. Some of them, like this one, really were rather good even from a technical...

POV. The War Department sometimes recruited some the better Hollywood directors and actors too. For instance Frank Cappra directed quite a few and Jimmy Stewart was in one (I think he was in the AF during WWII).

It's been quite a few years since I learned the above so I did a quick Google to confirm that my memories were correct and it wasn't as much as I had thought but impressive nonetheless I think.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Allied_propaganda_films_of_World_War_II#United_States

I was a bit surprised to find in my search that NPR did a rather recent report about Hollywood helping the war effort back then.
http://www.npr.org/2017/03/31/522175483/during-world-war-ii-even-filmmakers-reported-for-duty

While I enjoy the history aspect of the Don't Be A Sucker film, I truly wish with all my heart that it wasn't still so darn pertinent because apparently we didn't learn well enough before.

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Response to WePurrsevere (Original post)

Sun Aug 13, 2017, 05:33 PM

8. Trump and Bannon's Brietbart are getting 'em worked up again.

" You can't replace us"

Suckers.

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Response to WePurrsevere (Original post)

Mon Aug 14, 2017, 06:57 AM

10. Apparently The Atlantic picked up that the short version...

Has gone rather viral. I ran across it when looking to verify old memories of mine on these type films (posted as a reply above).

They've written a well done article (with the short clip, the whole thing and links) on it if interested in reading and/or sharing it:
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/08/an-anti-nazi-film-has-its-viral-moment/536739/

IMO this film needs to go as viral as possible. People will tend to watch it more out of curiosity because it's a cool old clip but hopefully it will serve to jolt a few more into understanding that we're seeing frighteningly similar crap again and we ALL must take a firm stand against it... no matter how high up in power it is found.

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