Propaganda Movies

Government film on the use of railroads in moving troops to support the war efort.

Members of three Commonwealth armies, an Aussie, a Canadian, and a New Zealander meet actor Leslie Howard who buys them a beer and makes them...

Compilation short film about the Communist Revolution and Soviet Union.

Part of BFI boxset Ration Books and Rabbit Pies: Films from the Home Front.

An addendum to the 1993 documentary Waco, the Big Lie

Waco, the Big Lie is a 1993 American documentary film directed by Linda Thompson that presents video-based analysis regarding the Waco siege. The...

Bwana Kitoko (swa. 'handsome young man') is a 1955 Belgian documentary directed by André Cauvin. It shows the official visit of king Baudouin...

Short animation from the early 1970s made in attempt to stop movie theater patrons from subscribing to pay TV.

A remarkable examination of the forces behind the Civil Rights Movement in 1960’s America. Drawing parallels between successful communist...

Promotional short extolling the virtues of the American government's wartime Economic Stabilization Plan.

Russia, 1917. Revolution is in the air. The Sevastopol anchors In Saint Petersburg. The sailors are thirsty for women and celebration. The ship...

During World War II, the propaganda engine of the U.S. government made a pivotal decision with unforeseeable results: they tapped John Huston to...

Nazi Third Reich propaganda film that used architecture as a statement about "racial accomplishment," and so called "racial superiority." Hitler...

Documentary of an Imperial Japanese Army regiment's advance from Shanghai to Wuhan in 1938. This film was shelved before submission to Home Ministry...

Escaped Nazi POWs hold the denizens of a California resort hostage.

The Front Show is a series of World War II era German military training films shown to German soldiers before being shipped off to the Eastern Front....

It was the biggest escape in the history of the Berlin Wall: in one historic night of October 1964, 57 East-Berliners try their luck through a tunnel...