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Propaganda Films was an American music video and film production company founded in 1986 by producers Steve Golin and Sigurjón Sighvatsson and directors David Fincher, Nigel Dick, Dominic Sena [1] and Greg Gold. [2]
A propaganda film is a film that involves some form of propaganda. Propaganda films spread and promote certain ideas that are usually religious, political, or cultural in nature.
- Triumph of the Will (Leni Riefenstahl, 1935) One of history’s most iconic propaganda films, Leni Riefenstahl’s Triumph of the Will effectively illustrates the characteristics of both the Third Reich and National Socialism.
- Birth of a Nation (D. W. Griffith, 1915) D. W. Griffith will always be remembered in history as the father of modern filmmaking. The director’s work during the silent film era paved the way for some of the industry’s most groundbreaking techniques, including: the close-up, cross cutting, panoramic long shots, and staged battle sequences.
- Battleship Potemkin (Sergei Eisenstein, 1925) Many historians have argued that the ‘Golden Age’ of Russian cinema occurred between the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution and the Second World War.
- In Which We Serve (Noel Coward and David Lean, 1942) When people think of propaganda and censorship, most automatically assume that they are characteristics of totalitarian regimes.
Nov 20, 2014 · Propaganda films use straw man arguments, unassailable heroes, demonized villains, eye-catching iconography and simplistic “us vs. them” narratives to sell the message of a government, group or...
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After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941 and America's subsequent joining World War II, American film director Frank Capra enlisted with the armed forces. He was already an established Hollywood director responsible for directing films winning Academy Award such as It Happened One Night (1934) and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (193...
Prelude to War (1942; 51 min 35 s) examines the difference between democratic and fascist states and covers the Japanese invasion of Manchuria and the Italian invasion of Ethiopia. Capra describes...The Nazis Strike (1943, 40 min 20 s) covers geopolitics: the conquest of Austria, Czechoslovakia and Poland. Capra's synopsis: "Hitler rises. Imposes Nazi dictatorship on Germany. Goose-steps into...Divide and Conquer (1943, 56 min) – about the campaign in Benelux and the Fall of France. Capra's synopsis: "Hitler occupies Denmark and Norway, outflanks Maginot Line, drives British Army into Nor...The Battle of Britain (1943, 51 min 30 s) depicts Britain's victory against the Luftwaffe. Capra's synopsis: "Showing the gallant and victorious defense of Britain by Royal Air Force, at a time whe...Produced from 1942 to 1945, the seven installments range from 40 to 76 minutes in length, and all are available for free on DVD or online since they have always been public domain material by the US government. All are directed by Frank Capra and narrated by Walter Huston alongside radio actors Elliott Lewis, Harry von Zell, film actor Lloyd Nolan ...
Prelude to War and The Battle of China refer to the Tanaka Memorial several times by portraying it as "Japan's Mein Kampf" in order to raise US morale for a protracted war against Japan. The authenticity of that document is not accepted by scholars today, and it is regarded as an anti-Japanese hoax, but the TanakaMemorial was widely accepted as aut...
After World War I, methods used to gain support from troops and civilians needed to change. Giving speeches to soldier recruits and to the US public was no longer effective. Film became the medium of choice to persuade US soldiers and recruits on why fighting was necessary. As Kathleen German stated, "this was the first massive attempt to influence...
Created by the US Army Pictorial Services, the films are in the public domain, and all of them are available for download on the Internet Archive. In 2000 the US Library of Congress deemed the films "culturally significant" and selected them for preservation in the National Film Registry.
Capra was involved in a number of other World War II propaganda films that were not part of the Why We Fightseries. He directed or co-directed the following films: 1. Tunisian Victory (1944, 75 minutes) – co-directed with John Huston, Anthony Veiller, Hugh Stewart and Roy Boulting 2. Know Your Enemy: Japan (1945, 63 minutes) – co-directed with Jori...
Bibliography
1. Biskupski, Mieczysław B (January 2010), Hollywood's war with Poland, 1939–1945, University Press of Kentucky, ISBN 978-0-8131-2559-6, retrieved 4 March 2011. 2. Capra, Frank (1971), The Name Above the Title: An Autobiography, New York: Macmillan, ISBN 0-306-80771-8. 3. Combs, James; Combs, Sara (1994), Film Propaganda and American Politics: An Analysis and Filmography, New York: Garland Publishing. 4. German, Kathleen (1990), "Frank Capra's Why We Fight Series and the American Audience", W...
Jul 24, 2024 · Film - Propaganda, Media, Influence: In presenting a background, an environment, and characters who behave in a certain way, every motion picture may be said to be propaganda. The term is usually restricted, however, to pictures made deliberately to influence opinion or to argue a point.
From the first world war, World War II, Vietnam War and Cold Wars to modern times, propaganda in movies is alive and well. In this video we take a look at the history of propaganda in...
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