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Propaganda Film
When we refer to 'propaganda' we usually use the word in a negative voice -- a work trying to stuff an evil idea down our throats, like TRIUMPH OF THE WILL. In reality, propaganda is a variety of advertising, trying to sell an ideology or religion.... its earliest use was during the Counter-Reformation where the Catholic Church had a propaganda office.
This film attempts to sell the idea that the Civilian Conservation Corp of the New Deal was a good idea and not simply the leading edge of communism about to kill us in our beds. It's expertly composed and shot. We see them building check dams to help stop the devastation from the Dust Bowl and open a newly built bridge in a shot that is modeled on the picture of the high iron workers eating lunch on a girder hundreds of feet in the air. We also see education in action, including mapmaking, welding and first aid.
In the end, this movie suggests that the CCC was nothing more than an educational camp, where young men get some useful experience, like being a Boy Scout and receiving $30 a month for the privilege. Who could object to anything like the Boy Scouts? What are you, a commie?
This film attempts to sell the idea that the Civilian Conservation Corp of the New Deal was a good idea and not simply the leading edge of communism about to kill us in our beds. It's expertly composed and shot. We see them building check dams to help stop the devastation from the Dust Bowl and open a newly built bridge in a shot that is modeled on the picture of the high iron workers eating lunch on a girder hundreds of feet in the air. We also see education in action, including mapmaking, welding and first aid.
In the end, this movie suggests that the CCC was nothing more than an educational camp, where young men get some useful experience, like being a Boy Scout and receiving $30 a month for the privilege. Who could object to anything like the Boy Scouts? What are you, a commie?
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- boblipton
- Apr 10, 2012
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- Runtime22 minutes
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- 1.33 : 1
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