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Disc 1
Political - 12 DVD Box Set
Disc 1: The Cold War - American Freedom &
Capitalist
Propaganda Films (1930s - 1970s)
  
  
  
  
Brief Synopsis of DVD: The Cold War began in 1945 with the end of
WWII and ended 44 years later with the fall of the Berlin Wall. The Cold
War was fought on many fronts, none of which included an actual battlefield. The
main players in the Cold War were the United States promoting a Free Market
Economy (laissez-faire capitalism)
Capitalist Society and on the opposing Communist Socialist side were the Former USSR
(Russia / Soviet Union), Nazi Germany,
Chain, Korea, and other minor Asian & Eastern European countries. The
four main battlegrounds for the war were, The Arms Race (Military Power),
The Space Race, Political (ideological), & Economical. The Arms Race &
Space Race players were mainly the US and the
USSR, as both frantically tried to reach the moon first and produce the worlds
first Nuclear and Atomic Bombs flagrantly spending large portions of their
governmental budgets on building "preventative" military forces. The
Political or Ideological battle was fought with spies and diplomats alike, but
the main battlefront was newspapers, TV, and radio headlines laden thick with
propaganda and biased media reports. The economical battle was fought on
the playing fields of international trade with tariffs, sanctions, and trade
embargoes.
Topics on this DVD include:
Title #1:
Despotism
Production Date:1946 Running Time:
10 minutes Brief Description:
Educational film explains the spectrum of power and political structures from
democracy to despotism.
Title #2:
Don's Be A Sucker Production Date:
1947 Running Time:
17 minutes Brief Description:
Odd film that aims to strengthen the American community by explaining that
fanaticism and hatred are detrimental to society and is only for "suckers."
Title #3:
Freedom To Learn Production Date:
1954 Running Time:
26 minutes Brief Description:
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.
Title #4: Griffith Park Demonstration Production Date:1933 Running Time: 2 minutes Brief Description:
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.
Title #5:
The Magic Bond Production Date:
1955 Running Time:
27 minutes Brief Description:
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.
Title #6:
A
Story of Enterprise Production Date:
1955 Running Time:
12 minutes Brief Description:
A growing frozen custard business is used as an example to explain mechanisms of
capitalism.
Title #7:
Tragedy Or Hope Production Date:
1971 Running Time:
19 minutes Brief Description:
American self promotion propaganda film that explains what America has offered
to the world, such as technology and cheap consumer goods.
Title #8:
What It Means To Be American Production Date:
1971 Running Time:
22 minutes Brief Description:
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.
Disc 2: The Cold War - Foreign Threats & The Arms Race
Films (1950s - 1970s)
  
  
  
  
Brief Synopsis of DVD: The Cold War began in 1945 with the end of
WWII and ended 44 years later with the fall of the Berlin Wall. The Cold
War was fought on many fronts, none of which included an actual battlefield. The
main players in the Cold War were the United States promoting a Free Market
Economy (laissez-faire capitalism)
Capitalist Society and on the opposing Communist Socialist side were the Former USSR
(Russia / Soviet Union), Nazi Germany,
Chain, Korea, and other minor Asian & Eastern European countries. The
four main battlegrounds for the war were, The Arms Race (Military Power),
The Space Race, Political (ideological), & Economical. The Arms Race &
Space Race players were mainly the US and the
USSR, as both frantically tried to reach the moon first and produce the worlds
first Nuclear and Atomic Bombs flagrantly spending large portions of their
governmental budgets on building "preventative" military forces. The
Political or Ideological battle was fought with spies and diplomats alike, but
the main battlefront was newspapers, TV, and radio headlines laden thick with
propaganda and biased media reports. The economical battle was fought on
the playing fields of international trade with tariffs, sanctions, and trade
embargoes.
Topics on this DVD include:
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The Arms Race
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History of Nuclear / Atomic Bombs Race
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Cold War Military Building
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Anti Communist Propaganda
Title #1: Brink Of Disaster Production Date:1972 Running Time: 22 minutes Brief Description:
This film aims to put a stop to activist in America because it threatens the
American way of life. Promotes the idea that every American should embrace
capitalism and democracy and join the fight against the real
enemy....Communists.
Title #2: Dew Line Story Production Date:
195? Running Time:
27 minutes Brief Description:
Classic Communist paranoia film that
Follows the development of the
Distant Early Warning Line in The Antarctic for protection against the
Communists.
Title #3: On Guard
Production Date:
1956 Running Time:
12 minutes Brief Description:
IBM made in film in conjunction with the US Military that explains how computer
technology is a vital tool in winning The Cold War.
Title #4:
Secure The Blessing
Production Date:1951 Running Time:
19 minutes Brief Description:
Explains how educating the youth is the best way to prevent Communism form
spreading to the US. Schoolchildren are taught why democracy is essential
to American Freedom and way of life.
Title #5:
Subversion and
Espionage Directed Against The Military Production Date:
19?? Running Time:
10 minutes Brief Description:
Cold war paranoia film about how to be careful
with information and documents to prevent Communists from getting useful
information.
Disc 3: Cold War Economics Films: Pros & Cons of
Communism & Free Market Capitalism (1940s - 1960s)
  
  
  
  
Brief Synopsis of DVD:
The Cold War began in 1945 with the end of
WWII and ended 44 years later with the fall of the Berlin Wall. The Cold
War was fought on many fronts, none of which included an actual battlefield. The
main players in the Cold War were the United States promoting a Free Market
Economy (laissez-faire capitalism)
Capitalist Society and on the opposing Communist Socialist side were the Former USSR
(Russia / Soviet Union), Nazi Germany,
Chain, Korea, and other minor Asian & Eastern European countries. The
four main battlegrounds for the war were, The Arms Race (Military Power),
The Space Race, Political (ideological), & Economical. The Arms Race &
Space Race players were mainly the US and the
USSR, as both frantically tried to reach the moon first and produce the worlds
first Nuclear and Atomic Bombs flagrantly spending large portions of their
governmental budgets on building "preventative" military forces. The
Political or Ideological battle was fought with spies and diplomats alike, but
the main battlefront was newspapers, TV, and radio headlines laden thick with
propaganda and biased media reports. The economical battle was fought on
the playing fields of international trade with tariffs, sanctions, and trade
embargoes.
Topics on this DVD include:
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Cold War Economics
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Theory Of Capitalism / Benefits Of Capitalism
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Capitalism vs. Communist Economies
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Free Market Economics (laissez-faire)
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International Trade
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Cold War Trade Embargoes
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Cold War Tariffs
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Sanctions
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Distribution of Wealth
Title #1: America's Distribution of Wealth
Production Date:1955 Running Time:
12 minutes Brief Description:
This films shows how America's wealth is distributed among the citizens.
Title #2: What is Capitalism? Production Date:
1948 Running Time:
9 minutes Brief Description:
Capitalism is discusses by a group of high school students doing a radio
talk show.
Title #3: A Look At Capitalism Production Date:
1955 Running Time:
7 minutes Brief Description: Economic basics of capitalism are covered in this
lecture by
Prof. Clifton L. Ganus.
Title #4:
Opportunities Unlimited Production Date:195? Running Time: 12 minutes Brief Description:
Capitalist propaganda piece showing how spending money fuels the American
economy and has some discussion about taxes and claims giving lower income
brackets tax breaks to spark the economy.
Title #5:
Pursuit Of Profit Production Date:
1965 Running Time:
25 minutes Brief Description:
Strange film that follows the story of a business owner who is visited by a
special guest who teaches him that as an American he is obligated to make as
much money as possible or face failure.
Title #6:
The Secret Of American Production Production Date:
1955 Running Time:
12 minutes Brief Description:
Lecture in which free enterprise is touted as the reason for America's success.
Title #7:
A Story Of Enterprise Production Date:
1955 Running Time:
12 minutes Brief Description:
A growing frozen custard business is used as an example to explain mechanisms of
capitalism.
Title #8:
What Is Business
Production Date:
1948 Running Time:
10 minutes Brief Description:
Capitalist propaganda piece with lots of images of all the inventions and
consumer products created by big American business.
Title #9:
Why Kill The Goose
Production Date:
1955 Running Time:
11 minutes Brief Description:
Lecture which explains how profits led to research and design which in turn
leads to increased productivity which in turn led to high productivity which in
turns yields higher profits.
Title #10:
Your Town - A Story Of America
Production Date:
1940 Running Time:
11 minutes Brief Description:
Story about how a young man who doesn't believe in capitalism comes to learn the
benefits of a free capitalist society.
Disc 4: Cuban History Film: Adelante Cubanos
(Spanish Language) (1959)
  
  
  
Brief Synopsis of DVD: Gorgeous 1959 propaganda film shoot
entirely in Cuba before Communism took hold, just two years before the Bay of
Pigs invasion. This film was made around the time Castro took power, but
before he declared himself a communist, when over half of Cuba's land was owned and run by US and foreign companies.
The film was used to glorify the prospects of Cuban Industry and in doing so
encouraged capitalism and the production/consumption of consumer goods.
Title #1: Adelante Cubanos Production Date:
1959 Running Time: 20 minutes Brief Description:
Two part historic film about Cuba, capitalism, and Industry (In Spanish).
Disc 5: Donald Rumsfeld Interview (1975)
   
Brief Synopsis of DVD:
This film is of an interview with Donald Rumsfeld in 1975 from the Open Mind TV
Program. Rumsfeld's opinions sure have changed!!!
Title #1:
Open Mind Rumsfeld Interview Production Date:
1975 Running Time:
57 minutes Brief Description: Interview with Donald Rumsfeld by Richard D.
Heffner of Rutgers University. Rumsfeld was Assistant To The President of
The United States. Rumsfeld was working under President Gerald Ford and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger at the time.
Disc 6: Voting Machine & Electronic Voting Films
(1940s - 1950s)
  
  
  
  
Brief Synopsis of DVD: Propaganda promoting voting machines and the free democratic
process has been around since the 1940's. This collection contains two
great historical voting machine films on one DVD. As the dilemma about the
reliability, safety, and fairness of voting machines rages on these films give
the debate a historical perspective.
Title #1: Behind
The Curtain Production Date:
1957 Running Time: 17 minutes Brief Description:
Film is about the 1944 Elections and follows the entire democratic process
including the voting process and the machines used to tally votes.
Title #2:
Tuesday In November Production Date:
1945 Running Time: 17 minutes Brief Description: Produced
by the now defunct Automatic Voting Machine Company, this film promotes voting
machines as safe, reliable, practical, and essential to an effective democratic
process.
Disc 7: Eleanor Roosevelt Films (1940's)
     
 
Brief Synopsis of DVD: Historical footage of Eleanor Roosevelt from 1933 - 1957,
including several short speeches with some great quotes.
Title #1:Mrs.
FDR Tells One Production Date:
1943 Running Time:
1 minutes Brief Description:
Eleanor Speaks.
Title #2:
Eleanor Roosevelt Speaks From Washington D.C. Production Date:
1940 Running Time:
1 minutes
Brief Description:
Eleanor Speaks.
Title #3:
Mrs. Roosevelt Calls Upon Women Of The Land To Help In Relief Drives Production Date:
1933 Running Time:
1 minutes Brief Description: Eleanor
Speaks.
Title #4:
Training Women For War Production Production Date:
1940 Running Time: 8 minutes Brief Description:
Short propaganda film with an opening statement and narrated by Eleanor
Roosevelt.
Title #5: Mrs. Roosevelt Attends Library Dedication
Production Date:
1957 Running Time:
1 minute Brief Description: Eleanor at a dedication.
Title #6: Women In The News Production Date:
1944 Running Time:
1 minutes Brief Description: Eleanor at a dedication.
Title #7: End Of The Rainbow Production Date:
1946 Running Time:
1 minutes Brief Description:
Eleanor Speaks.
Disc 8: Classic US Federal Government Employees
& Workers Film
  
  
Brief Synopsis of DVD: A rare, inside look of big government made possible in a
complex world. This historic government workers compilation focuses on the
organizations and federal employees that help make the US of A run.
Title #1:
Labor Merger Production Date:
1955 Running Time: 6 minutes Brief Description: This
intriguing newsreel features the history making merger of the AF of L and CIO
and includes fascinating footage of President Eisenhower. From blacksmiths to
asbestos salesmen, the historic meeting resulted in one of the largest and most
diverse labor mergers representing over 16 million US workers.
Title #2:
Government Workers Production Date:
1959 Running Time: 13 minutes Brief Description:
Classic government workers film focuses on the federal occupations and the
"voices of America" that help to sustain the American empire. Genuinely
interesting for it's bizarre one liners and awe-inducing declarations, this
historic film profiles postal service workers, FDA scientists, national
weathermen and more. Also features revealing footage of operations inside
the US Mint where access is no longer allowed because of rigid national
security.
Disc 9: Powers Of The US Congress Legislative
Law Making Film (1947)
  
  
Brief Synopsis of DVD: This propaganda film explains the role of the US
congressional system in maintaining stability, regulating commerce, collecting
taxes and protecting American soil. The film also encourages citizens to
vote and not take for granted the work of congressmen and the legislative branch
of government.
Title #1: The
Powers of Congress Production Date:
1947 Running Time: 10 minutes Brief Description:
This film features the story of Mr. Bentley, an average American citizen.
Mr.. Bentley constantly complains about the poor job Congress does for the
American people and wishes Congress would disappear. Mr. Bentley gets his
wish in a dream and finds out the horrors of a country lacking a centralized
government. The film also explains in some detail the implied powers of
congress.
Disc 10: U.S. Government Film (1946)
  
  
  
Brief Synopsis of DVD:
This film explores The United States federal government, how it maintains a
balance of power, and the responsibilities of the three branches of
government.
Title #1:
Meet Your Federal Government Production Date:
1946 Running Time: 15 minutes Brief Description:
Scenes from around Washington D.C. and the senate floor are mixed with concise
graphics to explain the checks and balances
of the US government and the roles of the legislative, judicial, and executive
branches.
Disc 11: Wendell Willkie Film (1940)
  
  
  
  
  
Brief Synopsis of DVD: Wendell Willkie was the Republican opposition of the beloved
Franklin Roosevelt in the 1940 presidential elections. Ironically, campaigning
for the Republican nomination was the first time Willkie had run for public
office! Although Roosevelt defeated Willkie’s anti-war campaign soundly, some
great video from the presidential elections still remains. This DVD contains two
pro-Willkie films from 1940.
Title #1:
We The People Production Date:
1940 Running Time: 15 minutes Brief Description: This is a campaign piece for Republican
Presidential Candidate Wendell Willkie, who ran and lost the 1940 election to
FDR and Henry Wallace. The focus is on how Willkie will help American Farmers.
Title #2:
The Truth About Taxes Production Date:
1940 Running Time: 10 minutes Brief Description:
Another propaganda piece for Wendell Willkie that attacks FDR's New Deal spending and encourages more
spending on national defense and weapons.
Disc 12: Vice President Henry A Wallace Films
(1940s)
  
  
Brief Synopsis of DVD: The life and political career of Henry A. Wallace on the silver screen.
Wallace served under the great Franklin D. Roosevelt Vice President and as
Secretary of Agriculture until 1940. Wallace's political career was
tainted when it was exposed that he was a follower of Russian Nicholas Roerich's
mystic religion.
Title #1:
Henry Wallace Speech Production Date:
1942 Running Time: 12 minutes Brief Description:
Wallace speaks about the US and WWII
Title #2:
Wallace Appointment Production Date:
1945 Running Time: 2 minutes Brief Description:
Newsreel piece over the controversy of the Wallace appointment.
Title #3:
Wallace Speaks On Foreign Policy Production Date:
1946 Running Time: 3 minutes Brief Description:
Short, but interesting speech by Wallace about foreign policy principals.
Title #4: Open
Mind Panel Production Date:
1933 Running Time: 90 minutes Brief Description:
Panel discussion about events in the news with Henry A. Wallace, James
Roosevelt, James Farley, Thomas G. Corcoran, & Ernest Lindley.
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