Sun Aug 13, 2017, 12:15 PM
WePurrsevere (24,259 posts)
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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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
ornotna (10,355 posts)
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
WePurrsevere (24,259 posts)
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
Wounded Bear (55,364 posts)
3. K & R ......for visibility..nt
Response to Wounded Bear (Reply #3)
Sun Aug 13, 2017, 03:48 PM
WePurrsevere (24,259 posts)
4. Thank you! nt
Response to WePurrsevere (Original post)
Sun Aug 13, 2017, 04:11 PM
Weekend Warrior (1,301 posts)
5. K&R nt
Response to WePurrsevere (Original post)
Sun Aug 13, 2017, 05:10 PM
AntiFascist (12,648 posts)
6. K&R Excellent film...
pointing out truth as the enemy of the Nazis. "America is minorities" |
Response to WePurrsevere (Original post)
Sun Aug 13, 2017, 05:31 PM
Coventina (25,288 posts)
7. Just watched the whole thing. Wow.
Very well put.
Ageless wisdom. Who knew the War Department could do such work? |
Response to Coventina (Reply #7)
Mon Aug 14, 2017, 06:46 AM
WePurrsevere (24,259 posts)
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. ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Response to WePurrsevere (Original post)
Sun Aug 13, 2017, 05:33 PM
oasis (48,810 posts)
8. Trump and Bannon's Brietbart are getting 'em worked up again.
" You can't replace us"
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Response to WePurrsevere (Original post)
Mon Aug 14, 2017, 06:57 AM
WePurrsevere (24,259 posts)
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. |