Grade Level: SrH-Adult
Producer: BBC
Closed Captioned: No |
Running Time: 29 mins
Country of Origin: Great Britain
Study Guide: No |
Copyright Date: 2000
Available in French: No
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Though they often work in the shadows, their efforts have affected the destinies of entire nations, in peacetime and war. This program focuses on dictators and spin doctors who shaped the perceptions of the masses in 20th-century Europe. Archival news film and footage and historical photos spotlight the propaganda of the Russian Revolution, World War II, the Gulf War, and the NATO attacks against Serbia, as well as the PR blitzes so much a part of today's political scene. Clips from propaganda classics Battleship Potemkin, The Triumph of the Will, and The Eternal Jew are also included. |