Film Propaganda

After the bombing of Pearl Harbor from Japan on December 7, 1941. American President Franklin Roosevelt declared a former declaration of Allied war aims with British prime minister Winston Churchill. Japan intended the bombing of Pearl Harbour to cripple America from interfering with their plans of the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere. Pearl Harbour was a military camp filled with ships and planes, the bombing destroyed many valuable equipment and many soldiers were killed and injured. The United States shared many goals with Britain and Russia to defeat Germany, while acting defensive against Japan. The propaganda made by the General Motors Company was used to encourage the public to produce more goods and funds to the war efforts. Propaganda posters

During wartime, a nation will do what it can to keep itself safe and bolster the morale of its citizens to keep them happy and to maintain the peace. The U.S. is no different, so I began to search for examples of wartime propaganda. I came across an article written by Gerd Horton in September 1996 titled, “Radio Days on America’s Home Front,” where Horton goes over the influence of radio and how it was essential to propaganda during World War 2. World War 2 took place right as the Great Depression was ending, and the wartime economy greatly benefitedbenefitted the nation. There was a lot of rationing that went on however, and the public was very displeased by this. Horton talked about how the government took advantage of the fact that “90 per

During World War II, many of the American peoples were terrified about the war coming on to United States soil. Homeland security was at a high concern in the standard American home. The War was a prime time for the United States military to get the average able bodied man to get to work and fuel the military power. The purpose of this propaganda was to get people scared into working for the government to produce weapons and war supplies for the troops overseas. The imagery displays Adolf Hitler and Emperor Hirohito surrounding the United States mainland as if they were going to conquer it. With the text “Warning! Our homes are in danger now!” was to frighten people and to increase the amount of production in the United States. This poster was also a campaign by the United States Military to increase

During World War II, many countries used propoganda, a piece of media used to promote a purpose, to direct citizens attention to war efforts. Through the use of a variety of persuasvie techniques Great Britian was able to use propoganda to recruit citizens into the war efforts. This is due to the fact that ordinary people saw "everyone" contributing to a simple solution such as, working in a factory to build parts becuase they were inspired to have a say in how long the war would continue. Thus, the techniques that were used in propoganda proved to be effective during that time by persuading and inspiring people to contribute to World War II.

The second most devastating global conflict, also known as World War II, left over 60 million dead creating panic and fear for citizens all over the world. During these hard times the citizens, dealing with a national crisis, needed something to give them hope that there will be betters days. Propaganda was used in political cartoons to release information that contained biased views and over exaggerations to gain support for the war. These cartoons gave hope to the people and also affected a majority of their opinions. Propaganda became used as a weapon during World War II to create nasty images of the enemy, get individuals to help support the war, to boost the confidence of people, and give them hope during hard times.

Image five on the Propaganda WWII slide document is an example of fear propaganda. The choice of words on the image, “If you talk too much, this man may die” causes the audience to fear their own voice and opinion. The words chosen to represent the picture, demonstrates a threat. Since this poster was made during the time of World War II, it might have a governmental message behind it. It could be that maybe some government secrets have been said and they government doesn’t want anyone to say anything or they will take matters into their own hands- by killing .

Title: Propaganda against Propaganda: Deconstructing the Dominant Narrative of the Print Media during the Biafra War.1967-1970

The propaganda in World War II was used in defense of deference and favoritism for each country. Moreover, defensive side was shown and illustrated in both nationalities. Japan was showing the fight for their land and the United States was more concentrated in the deliberate attack on Pearl Harbor. Racist was legal in the United States at that time and was input in some signboard. Also, the increased comments in different races were shown in the propaganda between Nazi, Japanese’s and Americans. As a matter of fact, the Japanese were more for moral and pure; if they have to die or be killed by the enemy to obtain superiority will be proud. Also said, American was scared to die because they believed dying is definitively the loss of the spirit.

"Ask not what your country can do for you, but ask what you can do for your country," once said by President John F. Kennedy. According to a WWII history article published by Lincoln Riddle, "Wartime relations can cause a country to go down to a point where a large portion of the public doesn't support the war." One of the many ways countries curb this downfall is by using propaganda. In World War II, countries broadcasted and displayed propaganda throughout society to get the public to support the war effort and to unite the country. There were many different techniques used such as bandwagon, labeling, plain folks, transfer etc.

What is a propaganda film? The simple answer is that a propaganda film promotes what they see as positive and desirable images and discourage what they see as negative or not desirable images to their audience. This paper will analyze The Military Train (1938) and Viva Freedom (1946). These two films have two completely different political viewpoints. In the Military Train, being that it was the first pro-Japanese government sponsored films and it was made during the colonial period in Korea, the views expressed in this film were pro-Japanese government in Korea. Viva Freedom was the first film that was made in Korea after achieving independence from

PTSD or Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is a fairly recent discovery. As explained by Lloyd, author of “"Mental Health for the Everyman: World War II's Impact on American Psychology"” “World War I revealed to military leaders and psychiatric professionals the phenomenon of what was then called ‘shellshock.’ Soldiers who returned from combat were displaying a range of psychological and somatic symptoms of anxiety, which was initially assumed to be a physical reaction to close exposure to explosions on the battlefield by physicians, and rather uncharitably, evidence of cowardice or malingering by military leaders” (8). Only during WW1 was “shellshock” or (the modern term) PTSD discovered, causing many misunderstandings from civilian and soldier

Media plays a huge role in brainwashing and influencing Party member’s instincts toward complete Party allegiance. Specifically, the Propaganda spread throughout Oceania which, limits society’s innate aptitude. The media informs the society about small, mindless events daily, full of Party slogans and gimmicks. They are constantly filling up member’s heads with Party doctrine so that they are overwhelmed with information and have no room to think of anything else save for the Party. There is always some sort of white noise blaring in the background. For example, when there is an abrupt silence that allows the mind to roam through other thoughts, it is immediately followed by an earsplitting siren or deafening music that disrupts the roving

“The reality of the narrative is irrelevant. It can be completely at odds with the facts.” Writing a story that is connected with no details is boring to a reader, it doesn’t entertain them if it is fully real. For more appeal to a narrative keep it on a simple road with emotional turns or a dramatic impact that affects the story in a big way. Misleading information or Propaganda is an issue, although many companies use it to showcase the products or items they are selling, it gives people false information about what it is about and what it was made with or of.

Propaganda works to persuade the public to support government plans for war by showing and proving that war is the final option so they should support the government in their decision to go to war. Propaganda shows that there are no other options left and before considering war, they have tried many different options but nothing seems to work so they must go to war. At first, officials will use propaganda to say that they have come so far out that war is the final option they have to attain peace and during the war, they will persuade the public by saying that they cannot surrender or give up now, they are so close. Some common propaganda techniques shown in the film include signs and news reporters. Signs are a propaganda technique because