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A Walk Through the 20th Century with Bill Moyers - WWII, The Propaganda Battle

Educational television program that examines the subject of propaganda in cinema. Excerpts from propaganda films, newsreels and original films.

Director : David Grubin

Production Year : 1982

Duration : 50

Language : English

Vanishings! Movie Star or Spy?

This documentary tells of Leslie Howard (1893-1943), an English stage and film actor who became a famous Hollywood star, perhaps best remembered for his role in Gone with the Wind (1939). Born in London as Leslie Howard Steiner to Jewish-Hungarian parents, he began an acting career in 1917. With the outbreak of WWI, he served as a junior officer, but suffered shell shock, which led him to retire and pursue his acting career in London and in New York. In 1929 he moved to Hollywood and over the next 10 years he made 22 films. From time to time he went home to his country English house and to his wife and 2...

Director : Nicolas Wright

Production Year : 2002

Duration : 25

Language : English

49th Parallel

תרומתם של הבמאים החשובים מייקל פאוול ואמריק פרסבורגר (הנעליים האדומות) למאמץ המלחמתי, ובמיוחד לתעמולה של אנגליה שדחקה בארצות הברית לוותר על נייטרליות ולהצטרף לבעלות הברית. צוות גרמני של U-boat נפלט לחופיה של ניופאונדלנד (קנדה) ומחפש דרך לעבור את הגבול ולהסתנן לארה"ב. קבוצה של פטריוטים (קנדה היא חלק מה-commonwealth הבריטי) תעשה הכל כדי למנוע זאת. התסריט זכה בפרס האוסקר.

Director : Michael Powell

Production Year : 1941

Duration : 123

Language : English

The Short Life of Anne Frank

Documentary film about the life of the Soviet cartoonist Boris Efimov. Hitler gave a special order to kill him, Stalin killed his brother and kept him guessing about his own fate. This man is a prominent Soviet cartoonist and propaganda, legendary for his political caricatures, which helped to stoke morale among Russian troops during World War II, and who was targeting American capitalism during the Cold War era. He produced more than 70 000 drawings during 108 years of his life.

Director : Semyon Pinkhasov

Production Year : 2006

Duration : 55

Language : English, Russian

Triumph Over Violence הפאשיזם הרגיל

Hebrew vesrion courtesy of Jewish Eye Film Festival founded by Oded Guy and Gadi Kastel

Director : Mikhail Romm

Production Year : 1965

Duration : 131

Language : Russian