Cinema HoundSniffing out great movies.Explore films with propaganda genres and themes.
Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 250 films · Page 5.
Daffy Comedy, drama film
Defeated politician Blake Washburn becomes the editor of a small-town newspaper in an effort to promote his reelection. His campaign is intended as a continuing exposé of the evils of large industry, and his strategy is to publish daily sc…
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propaganda film, spy film
The film opens with a description of the Black Tom explosion of a munitions supply located in Jersey City on the Hudson River. The explosion, which occurred during World War I was an act of sabotage by German agents. Barry Corvall (Joel Mc…
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drama film, war film
In 1943, Reo Seki is presented with the ashes of his dead son, Taro Seki. He blames himself for his son's death. Back in 1936, at the time of the February 26 incident, Taro Seki returns to Japan after studying in America, with plans to wor…
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Documentation, War Film, propaganda film
The narrator describes the fall of France, which leaves Britain almost defenceless. British forces are vastly outnumbered, but the British people are calm. The narrator explains that is because in a democracy, the people as a whole are inv…
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Film Noir, drama film, propaganda film, thriller film
Korean War veteran Alan Eaton, who suffered through brainwashing as a P.O.W., returns home and resumes his job at a public-relations and opinion-research firm in Washington, D.C. His partner has been killed mysteriously in an accident, and…
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Documentation, documentary film
The film examines the global growth of Murdoch's media enterprise in the context of concentration of media ownership considerations, and evaluates the effect of having one person in control of a large media conglomerate on freedom of the p…
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Documentation, War Film, propaganda film
The film begins immediately after the invasion of Poland. Of the two major Western Allies on 1940, the United Kingdom is first to be mentioned. The role of the Royal Navy in blockading Germany is highlighted as Germany being forced to over…
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crime film, drama film, film noir, propaganda film
Slob (Marvin), the lecherous short-order cook at the seaside greasy-spoon diner of sarcastic war veteran George (Wynn), lusts after sexy waitress Kotty (Moore). Also interested in Kotty is a scientist (Lovejoy), who spends the better part …
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propaganda film
In 1938, Brad Craig (Richard Quine), the son of a famous Army colonel, starts his freshman (fish) year at the Agricultural & Mechanical College of Texas (now Texas A&M University). After spending the past four years in the Philippines, he …
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Drama, propaganda film
In preparing for a secret raid on a German-held French coastal village, a British security officer is chosen to monitor activities in England among army personnel of the 95th Infantry as well as civilians with whom they mingle. At the same…
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comedy drama, propaganda film, romantic comedy, war film
In the summer of 1943, after he is taken off combat operations for medical reasons, American Staff Sergeant John Patterson (Dean Jagger), an Army Air Force gunner, is billeted in the London home of the Duke of Exmoor (Robert Morley) in Lon…
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Documentation, documentary film, propaganda film
Crime, Mysterie, propaganda film, science fiction film, spy film
It is prior to the American entry into World War II, and Japan's fiendish Black Dragon Society is hatching an evil plot with the Nazis. They instruct a brilliant scientist, Dr. Melcher, to travel to Japan on a secret mission.
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Animated Film, Documentation, documentary film, propaganda film
War Film, drama film, propaganda film
The film is based on an actual event. Following the Battle of Belgium in 1940, two Belgian Air Force officers, Colonel de Woelmont and Major Hellemans carried the regimental colour of the 2e Régiment d'Aéronautique as they made their escap…
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comedy film, propaganda film
The Stooges try to join the army but are labeled 4-F by the draft board due to Curly having water on the knee. After they decide to go on vacation until a job comes along, their father (Robert McKenzie) insists they aid the war effort inst…
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drama film, propaganda film
A man and his wife lead a German anti-Nazi propaganda literature movement. After an inadvertent betrayal, the husband is confined to a concentration camp, from which he escapes to Switzerland.
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comedy film, propaganda film
The Stooges find themselves inadvertently embroiled in a series of comedic misadventures while donning yellowface attire for a photo shoot depicting Japanese soldiers. Directed by their boss to maintain their costumes during their lunch br…
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silent film, war film
thumb|left|Half-page newspaper ad for the film. Tells viewers to call police if people around them are doing things out of the ordinary. Kaiser Wilhelm II of Hohenzollern is a vain and arrogant tyrant eager for conquest.
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documentary film, propaganda film
Documentation, documentary film
propaganda film
Thunderbolt opens with an introduction by James Stewart, who remarks that 1944 has become "ancient history", but reads a message from postwar Army Air Forces commander General Carl Spaatz that, even though the units in the picture happen t…
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propaganda film
In the pits of Hell, the board of directors decides to replace Satan with Adolf Hitler. Satan persuades them to give him 48 hours to save his job by getting Hitler to perform a single good deed. Satan arranges for Hitler's valet, Julius, t…
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documentary film, propaganda film