Table of Contents:(1) The Magic Bond (1955) - A rare Robert Altman directed film from his early days which is riddled with anti-communist propaganda and tells the story of how the Veterans of Foreign Wars helps to strengthen the community with various programs. - 17 minutes
(2) Don's Be A Sucker (1947) - Odd film that aims to strengthen the American community by explaining that fanaticism and hatred are detrimental to society and is only for "suckers." - 17 minutes
(3) Freedom To Learn (1954) - McCarthy style communist witch-hunt of a high school social studies teacher who feels its important to teach students all points of a subject. When she teaches about governments she includes information about communism in her lessons and is accused of teaching Communism to her students. - 26 minutes
(4) Griffith Park Demonstration (1933) - Scenes from the Demonstration in Los Angeles when 100 Americans died in a fire needlessly. Film is an excellent reminder of the beauty of free speech in America. - 2 minutes
(5) Despotism (1946) - Educational film explains the spectrum of power and political structures from democracy to despotism. - 10 minutes
(6) A Story of Enterprise (1955) - A growing frozen custard business is used as an example to explain mechanisms of capitalism. - 12 minutes
(7) Tragedy Or Hope (1971) - American self promotion propaganda film that explains what America has offered to the world, such as technology and cheap consumer goods. - 19 minutes
(8) What It Means To Be American (1971) - Explains that it is the duty of every American to understand how and what makes America the most desirable place to live in the world. - 22 minutes
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This engaging film is a didactic assault on communism as it was viewed in the 1950s. There's some excellent footage of Stalin, and it also includes a discussion of leaders fighting for and against communism, why communism was such as threat to the United States, the history of Marx's Communist Manifesto, the revolution in Russia, and more. Scenes include Churchill, Truman, and Stalin at Yalta, Cossacks on horseback, Russian factories, farm workers, food shortages, and more. This film uses harsh anti-communist rhetoric. For example, the film states that if communism is allowed to spread, it will be a "grave threat to our nation, to our freedom, and to the peace of the world."Overall, this film is a mixture of vitriolic rhetoric, rare footage of powerful leaders, and fascinating historical perspective.