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1 World War II Propaganda Films Steven L. Berg, Ph.D. Associate Professor of English and History Schoolcraft College 4 November 2011

2 Damaged Goods (1914) Image from Bold! Daring! Shocking! True!

3 Exploitation Films Grew out of progressivism Grew out of progressivism –Expose –Education Subjects Subjects –Venereal disease –Drug addition –Prostitution –Back alley abortions –Child birth –Alternative lifestyles  Nudism  Homosexuality

4 Reefer Madness (1936)

5 A Movies Imaginary Ideal B Movies Exploitation Wholesome Unwholesome Education Entertainment Diagram from Bold! Daring! Shocking! True! (p. 155)

6 Propaganda in Motion Pictures The Mortal Storm (1940) The Mortal Storm (1940) Foreign Correspondent (1940) Foreign Correspondent (1940) The Great Dictator (1941) The Great Dictator (1941) A Yank in the RAF (1941) A Yank in the RAF (1941) Image from: http://www.turnerclassicmovies.com/ThisMonth/Article/0,,313,00.html Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939)

7 Senate Investigates Hollywood Image from: http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAnyeG.htm Senator Gerald Nye

8 Hollywood Embraces Education Image from: http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/new_site/biography.php?id=462 Darryl F. Zanuck

9 Image from: http://orpheus.ucsd.edu/speccoll/dspolitic/GeraldNye.html

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11 Private Snafu Teaches Image from: http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/42/snafu.htm#15 Spies, 1945

12 Triumph des Willens (1935) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgEpnG7b8i4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgEpnG7b8i4

13 Eternal Jew (1940) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ux61a6iTPI0&skipcontrinter=1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ux61a6iTPI0&skipcontrinter=1

14 Der Fuehrer’s Face (1944) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpgSYbrw09g http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpgSYbrw09g

15 In Der Obamahrer’s Face http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1K-ZWkwYRw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1K-ZWkwYRw


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