An examination of some of this Century’s significant acts of censorship. The emphasis of the program is how film has been manipulated to support political propaganda including Nazi Germany, the Vietnamese Conflict, during Stalin’s reign in the Soviet Union and the anti-communist trials in the United States. This is an invaluable program for showing how history and the media can conspire to make the process of seeking the truth more difficult.
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ACMI Identifier
307254
Language
English
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Mass media - Political aspects
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Motion pictures in propaganda
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Propaganda
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Truth
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → World War, 1939-1945 - Propaganda
Documentary → Documentary films - Great Britain
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Communism - United States
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Mass media - Political aspects
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Motion pictures in propaganda
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Propaganda
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Race discrimination
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Race discrimination - Germany
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Truth
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → United States - Race relations
Educational & Instructional → Educational films
History → China - History - Tiananmen Square Incident, 1989
History → Communism - United States
History → Race discrimination - Germany
History → Stalin, Joseph, 1879-1953
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White and Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)