Blondes Prefer Gentlemen, 1965
Blondes Prefer Gentlemen, 1965: This 1965 US Navy film seeks to educate young naval officers on proper dating etiquette. US Navy [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons Info.
Target for Today, 1944
Target for Today is a documentary film describing the preparation and mounting of a United States Army Air Forces raid on East Prussia It contains much combat footage of B-17 and B-24 bombers and named for the phrase used at briefings before air raids. The October 1943 footage was filmed during Eighth Air Force attacks on Nazi Germany industrial targets… Read more →
Don’t Be a Sucker, 1943
Don’t Be a Sucker is a short film produced by the United States Department of War released in 1943, and adapted as a slightly shorter version in 1947. It has anti-racist and anti-fascist themes, and was made to educate viewers about prejudice and discrimination. The film was also made to make the case for the desegregation of the United States… Read more →
Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress, 1944
The Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress is a 1944 documentary film which ostensibly provides an account of the final mission of the crew of the Memphis Belle, a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. In May 1943 it became the first U.S. Army Air Forces heavy bomber to complete 25 missions over Europe and return to the United States…. Read more →
Red Nightmare, 1957
Red Nightmare is the best known title of the 1957 Armed Forces Information Film (AFIF) 120, Freedom and You. It was an anti-communist short presented as an educational film about the nature of Communism. The film’s chief use was to mold public opinion against communism. The film was later released to American television and as an educational film to American… Read more →
December 7th: The Movie, 1943 directed by John Ford
December 7th: The Movie is a 1943 propaganda film produced by the US Navy and directed by John Ford and Gregg Toland, about the December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, the event which sparked the Pacific War and American involvement in World War II. Production background: The film begins with a chronological breakdown of the events of December 7,… Read more →
Undercover: How to Operate Behind Enemy Lines, 1943 directed by John Ford
p Undercover, also known as Undercover: How to Operate Behind Enemy Lines and How to Operate Behind Enemy Lines, is a 1943 Office of Strategic Services training film, directed by and featuring John Ford. It was edited by Ford’s longtime collaborator Robert Parrish. Undercover was Ford’s only sound film acting role, and was the first film ever produced by an… Read more →
Diary of a Sergeant, 1945
Diary of a Sergeant is a 1945 American short propaganda film produced by the US government. It starred Harold Russell and focused on the loss of his arms in an accident. The film was seen by William Wyler who cast Russell in The Best Years of Our Lives (1946). By Joseph M. Newman (Youtube) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons Info.
Game of Pawns, 2014
Glenn Duffie Shriver (born November 23, 1981) is an American convicted of conspiracy to spy for China. Shriver’s experience was dramatized in the short film Game of Pawns, produced by the Counter-Intelligence Unit of the FBI and released online in April 2014. One of the film’s goals was to warn students of dangers in China. It featured the actor Joshua… Read more →
China: The Roots of Madness, 1967 propaganda film
China: The Roots of Madness is a 1967 Cold War era, made-for-TV documentary film produced by David L. Wolper, written by Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Theodore H. White with production cost funded by a donation from John and Paige Curran. The film has been released under Creative Commons license. It won an Emmy Award in the documentary category. The film… Read more →
