Propaganda Movies

  • 1943
    Reason and Emotion

    Reason and Emotion

    Reason and Emotion

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    A World War II propaganda film about the need to remain calm and logical during wartime.

    Reason and Emotion
  • 1941
    The Thrifty Pig

    The Thrifty Pig

    The Thrifty Pig

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    The Three Little Pigs sell Canadian war bonds.

    The Thrifty Pig
  • 1934
    Tomorrow's Children

    Tomorrow's Children

    Tomorrow's Children

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    Young Alice Mason wishes to start a family, but because her own has been deemed "defective" by the state health authorities—her parents are...

    Tomorrow's Children
  • 1945
    Hitler Lives

    Hitler Lives

    Hitler Lives

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    This short film, produced at the end of WWII, warns that although Adolf Hitler is dead, his ideas live on.

    Hitler Lives
  • 1948
    Design for Death

    Design for Death

    Design for Death

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    Documentary Feature winner "Design for Death" (1947) examines Japanese culture and how it led to Japan's role in WWII.

    Design for Death
  • 1965
    Now!

    Now!

    Now!

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    Using morgue photos, newsreel footage, and a recording by Lena Horne, Cuban filmmaker Santiago Alvarez fired off 'Now!', one of the most powerful...

    Now!
  • 1969
    Czechoslovakia 1968

    Czechoslovakia 1968

    Czechoslovakia 1968

    6.21969HD

    Short documentary about 50 years of history of Czechoslovakia, with archive images.

    Czechoslovakia 1968
  • 1942
    Donald's Decision

    Donald's Decision

    Donald's Decision

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    Donald Duck buys Canadian war bonds in World War II.

    Donald's Decision
  • 2008
    Harlan: In the Shadow of Jew Süss

    Harlan: In the Shadow of Jew Süss

    Harlan: In the Shadow of Jew Süss

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    Though almost forgotten today, Veit Harlan was one of Nazi Germany's most notorious filmmakers. His most perfidious film was the treacherous...

    Harlan: In the Shadow of Jew Süss
  • 1942
    The Frontshow

    The Frontshow

    The Frontshow

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    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....

    The Frontshow
  • 1944
    Main Street Today

    Main Street Today

    Main Street Today

    6.21944HD

    This patriotic short film promotes America's war effort at home. The story looks at a fictional small town's main street, seeing where additional...

    Main Street Today
  • 1970
    The Distant Drummer: A Movable Scene

    The Distant Drummer: A Movable Scene

    The Distant Drummer: A Movable Scene

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    Robert Mitchum narrates an anti drug propaganda film.

    The Distant Drummer: A Movable Scene
  • 1962
    The Country Left Behind

    The Country Left Behind

    The Country Left Behind

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    Before the Korean War (1950-1953), a daughter of a Russian soldier stationed at Heungnam falls in love with a young Korean anti-Communist. Their love...

    The Country Left Behind
  • 2011
    Nuclear Savage: The Islands of Secret Project 4.1

    Nuclear Savage: The Islands of Secret Project 4.1

    Nuclear Savage: The Islands of Secret Project 4.1

    6.42011HD

    A shocking political exposé, and an intimate ethnographic portrait of Pacific Islanders struggling for survival, dignity, and justice after...

    Nuclear Savage: The Islands of Secret Project 4.1
  • 1972
    Tragedy or Hope

    Tragedy or Hope

    Tragedy or Hope

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    Contrasting radical mobs, anarchy, and 1960s counterculture with footage of American manufacturing and innovation, this film celebrates the concept...

    Tragedy or Hope
  • 1938
    Nanking

    Nanking

    Nanking

    01938HD

    Propaganda documentary about the fall of Nanking. Considered for a long time as a lost film, it was discovered in Beijing, China, in the year 1995.

    Nanking
  • 2018
    The Scientist, The Imposter and Stalin: How to Feed the People

    The Scientist, The Imposter and Stalin: How to Feed the People

    The Scientist, The Imposter and Stalin: How to Feed the People

    7.32018HD

    The documentary tells two very different human fates in the 1920s Soviet Union. Nikolai Vavilov was a botanical genius, Trofim Lyssenko was an...

    The Scientist, The Imposter and Stalin: How to Feed the People
  • 1942
    Newspaper Train

    Newspaper Train

    Newspaper Train

    51942HD

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

    Newspaper Train
  • 1944
    Know Your Ally: Britain

    Know Your Ally: Britain

    Know Your Ally: Britain

    4.61944HD

    Know Your Ally: Britain was a 45-minute propaganda film made in 1944. It was narrated by Walter Huston and produced by the United States War...

    Know Your Ally: Britain
  • 1949
    Mr. Prokouk, The Inventor

    Mr. Prokouk, The Inventor

    Mr. Prokouk, The Inventor

    61949HD

    After a hard day at work, Mr. Prokouk decides to invent a machine to ease his labor. But inventing is work too, and Mr. Prokouk spends more time...

    Mr. Prokouk, The Inventor