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201742 minPG-13current-affairs

Communist Propaganda

201742 minPG-13current-affairs

A conversation among U.S. officials, including George V. Allen and military colonels, examines various forms of Communist propaganda using Soviet film clips.

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Channel: US National Archives

Communist Propaganda

2017• 42 minPG-13

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A conversation among U.S. officials, including George V. Allen and military colonels, examines various forms of Communist propaganda using Soviet film clips.

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In the late 1950s, a discussion on various forms of Communist propaganda features prominent figures such as George V. Allen, director of the United States Information Agency, and journalists Ernest K. Lindley of Newsweek and U.S. military officers including Colonel John C. Weaver, Captain John Leeds, Colonel Bascom Neal, and Colonel Raymond G. Davis. The conversation is supplemented with clips from Soviet propaganda films, providing insight into the strategies employed by the Soviet Union during the Cold War era.

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