Don't Be a Sucker
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National Archives Identifier: 24376Local Identifier: 111-EF-6https://catalog.archives.gov/id/24376Creator(s): Department of Defense. Department of the Army. ...

Scope & Content: Dramatizes the destructive effects of racial and religious prejudice. Reel 1 shows a fake wrestling match and “crooked” gambling games. An agitator addresses a street crowd; he almost convinces one man in the audience until the man begins to talk to a Hungarian refugee from Germany. A Nazi speaker harangues a crowd in Germany denouncing Jews, Catholics, and Freemasons. Reel 2, a German unemployed worker joins Hitler’s Storm Troops. SS men attack Jewish and Catholic headquarters in Germany, and beat up a Jewish storekeeper. A German teacher explains Nazi racial theories; the teacher is dragged away by German soldiers.

  • A_norny_mousse@feddit.org
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    7 months ago

    Hey, this is pretty good. Timely. Thanks for unearthing.

    A short film about far-right populism and who really benefits from it. From the 1940s I guess.

    “But the man who was really being fooled was Joe. He was pure American, according to MAGA standards. To him they promised everything. And he fell for it.”

    (slightly editorialized)

    A nation of suckers.

    edit: some bits would need a little revision imho, but the sociological aspect is as sharp as it needs to be today