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WePurrsevere

(24,259 posts)
Sun Aug 13, 2017, 12:15 PM Aug 2017

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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Don't Be A Sucker - 1947 - An anti-fascist film produced by the US Military (Original Post) WePurrsevere Aug 2017 OP
Thanks for posting ornotna Aug 2017 #1
Sadly we didn't learn from history well enough so we get to repeat it... WePurrsevere Aug 2017 #2
K & R ......for visibility..nt Wounded Bear Aug 2017 #3
Thank you! nt WePurrsevere Aug 2017 #4
K&R nt Weekend Warrior Aug 2017 #5
K&R Excellent film... AntiFascist Aug 2017 #6
Just watched the whole thing. Wow. Coventina Aug 2017 #7
Some of them, like this one, really were rather good even from a technical... WePurrsevere Aug 2017 #9
Trump and Bannon's Brietbart are getting 'em worked up again. oasis Aug 2017 #8
Apparently The Atlantic picked up that the short version... WePurrsevere Aug 2017 #10

WePurrsevere

(24,259 posts)
2. Sadly we didn't learn from history well enough so we get to repeat it...
Sun Aug 13, 2017, 01:38 PM
Aug 2017

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

Coventina

(26,856 posts)
7. Just watched the whole thing. Wow.
Sun Aug 13, 2017, 05:31 PM
Aug 2017

Very well put.

Ageless wisdom.

Who knew the War Department could do such work?

WePurrsevere

(24,259 posts)
9. Some of them, like this one, really were rather good even from a technical...
Mon Aug 14, 2017, 06:46 AM
Aug 2017

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.

WePurrsevere

(24,259 posts)
10. Apparently The Atlantic picked up that the short version...
Mon Aug 14, 2017, 06:57 AM
Aug 2017

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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