Propaganda Movies

Traditional-style newsreel series (1923-1925)

During World War II, the propaganda engine of the U.S. government made a pivotal decision with unforeseeable results: they tapped John Huston to...

Nazi Third Reich propaganda film that used architecture as a statement about "racial accomplishment," and so called "racial superiority." Hitler...

A short film from the National Safety Council detailing six commonly held beliefs that can lead to death.

World War II propaganda trailer asking travellers to have patience and make concessions when travelling on trains. Film mostly consists of rostrum...

"War is Sell" dissects the strategies of war propagandists -- soldiers armed not with guns, but with words, pictures and commercial advertising...

Animated WWI-era comic highlights from the innovative cartoonist George Studdy, creator of Bonzo the dog.

A parodic music video that re-envisions the Horatio Alger myth of the American Dream via 1950s-style cultural cliches, advertising and Reagan-era...

WWII Propaganda Film

This color educational film is about Anti-Vietnam Protestors in Washington D.C. during late April/Early May 1971. The 1971 May Day Protests were a...

Viktoria, the figure at the top of the Siegesäule in Berlin, asks Michel to raise money for the war effort. Michel takes a trip through Germany,...

This program investigates the ways various art forms are used to sway minds and to argue political causes. Examples include Napoleon and Hitler;...

"Our Cities Must Fight" is a civil defense film that was produced for the U.S. government to illustrate the importance of not abandoning urban...

This propaganda film was supported by US Information Service (USIS) and presents Bangkok as a peaceful and developing city at the centre of the...