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| What is the EMB stand for and what's its job? |
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| Stands for Empire Marketing Board, market Britain's goods not just to GB but to trading countries also |
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| In 1927 Grierson returned to GB and met with EMB head, ________, to discuss his ideas about integrating film into EMB’s mission of promoting Brit products around the world. |
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| Grierson was the head of two film units: One for ___ and one for ____ |
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| EMB and General Post Office |
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| grierson went to Univ of Chicago to work with _____ and because he got the ____ grant |
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| Walter Lippman, Rockefeller grant |
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| How did Grierson ensure Drifters was successful? |
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| Showed it prior to the widely anticipated American release of Battle of Potemkin edit |
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| Grierson recruits critics from the debut of Drifters from ________ to be part of the EMB Film Unit board |
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| What was the critical success that ledto the creation of EMB film unit? |
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| Grierson's Drifters in 1929 |
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| From 1930 to 1933 EMB made over ____ films |
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| 75% of all of the money for the 100 films the EMB did from 1930-1933 came fromt govt agency, the other 25% came from ____ |
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| other corporate sponsors like industry of fisheries or coal mining. Idea from Flaherty |
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| The EMB is two-fold: all about buying ______ and celebrating _____ |
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| buying from GB Empire and celebrating working class |
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| THE ____ ____ ____ is a unit to decide how the information gets disseminated to Brit people. This is the entity of how communication gets to citizens in Brit Proper in the 4 countries. |
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| _____ only ever made 2 films about post office |
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What movie is this describing?
- follows small fishing vessel Isabella Greig on a foggy day
-The sounds were all post-recoded, simulated in the studio |
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| the Brazilian sound expert for EMB Film Unit that was also a filmmaker |
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| the only film that the EMB Film Unit/GPO did that Flaherty thought was worth any merit was the |
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film deals only briefly with the tea trade, concentrating instead on the beauties of Ceylonese culture, both past and present. The impressive images and dense soundtrack hint that modern commerce is an intrusion on this society |
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| Alberto Cavalcanti made the film ____ but is also the expert ____ for hte EMB |
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| Coal Face in 1935, sound expert |
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| Coalface in 1935 is heightened by the poetry of _____ |
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| Some of the after effects of coalface is that: |
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| -Healthcare is improved, housing conditions are improved, people realize how dangerous and brave the workers are and how tough the conditions are |
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| -The coal company that funded 25% of Coalface wanted _________ removed but contract Grierson had didn’t allow them to do that so it stayed in |
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| accident rates in the mines |
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| what is the first film where you see interviews? |
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| Housing Problems 1935 by Anstey and Elton |
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What film is described below?
1st film with interviews/ direct sound
-People talk about no bathrooms, 7 people and kitchen in one room, rat infestations, vermin infestations
-People’s pride can be restored if given a little something. People got better homes for cheap rent as long as they keep it up and clean |
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What film is being described below?
-Celebration of post office in England, in 1936 postal service in great Britain was considered best in the world
-Fast, effective, tells tale of overnight train
-Features poem by WH Auden
-Everyone likes it because its like a modern hip hop video with cutting, pacing and narration
- put out by General Post Office 1936 |
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| Night Mail 1936 had 3 goals: |
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1. mail delivery is big and complicated
2. govt is splendid
3. hard working employees go out everyday to ensure you get your letters |
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| one of the GPO's films that was shown in several countries and the US is |
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| most of the documentaries in the 1930s were made by |
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| Grierson's main concern was ______ that would enhance society |
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| communicating with people all over the globe with attitudes |
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| Who wrote the poem for coalface and reads it during the movie? Who also wrote parts of Coal Face? |
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oThis is where most of the films that we see come from
oFocuses on communication to Brit people and propaganda dissemination to Brit people in Great Britain proper ONLY |
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| Where does Grierson recruit all of his filmmakers for EMB? |
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| at his screening of Drifters from London Film Society |
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| Grierson invented the idea of |
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| non-theatrical distribution and exhibition for educational purposes to show at museum/schools |
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| on October 29,1 1929 what happens? |
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| banks crash, people lose their money right away as banks don't have enough cash also people lose jobs |
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| at height of depression unemployment rate is at ____% |
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| who takes the blame for the depression even though it wasn't his fault? |
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| President (at the time) Hoover |
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| what is a hoover flag and a hooverville? |
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| hoover flags are pockets turned inside out and hoover villes are shanty towns |
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| In 1932 when the veterans wanted to collect their bonuses for fighting in WWI but hte govt didn't have it. They camped out on White house property and set up hoovervilles |
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| Hoover is the 1st president in world history to do what terrible thing? |
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| turn the national guard on the vets and used fire hoses to end the bonus march |
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| What was the Workers' Film and Photo League's job? |
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| to photograph evidence of the state of the nation all around the world in 1930 |
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What is being described?
- Originates in NYC, group of photographer and videographer to photograph the bread lines, soup kitchens, Italian neighborhoods, the ghetto areas, latinos and Puerto Ricans (one of 1st to be photographed), African american communities. This was a PR nightmare for Hoover Administration. |
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| Workers Film and Photo League |
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| Why do artists turn to communism in the 1930s? |
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| o Because it’s the opposite of capitalism. Our country founded on a free market economy but this became a gross disappointment to people during Depression |
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| playwrights, directors and actors all started going communist in the 30s because |
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| it appeared to be working in the Soviet Union |
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| in 1934 3 of the key members of Workers Film & Photo Leage left to form _____ |
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| Nykino's first release was ____ |
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| Nykino would later become |
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| newsreels were insanely popular, people loved them because |
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| you got to see other parts of the US and travelling wasn't common at this point in time. |
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| March of Time newsreels were sponsored by |
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| ______ makes the 1st compilation documentary |
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| Esfir Shub, female soviet filmmaker |
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| why was march of time different than other newsreels? |
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| it only came out once a month because each episode cost $50,000 |
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| compilation documentaries use: |
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| clips, interviews, archival footage, new footage, newspapers, different mediums |
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| who was the trusted voice that hosted the March of Time Radio show and went on to host film series? |
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| when was the only exception that March of Time came out twice a month? |
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| the very first time Germany and Naziism are on the front lines to the public around the US is in |
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| March of Time- 1938 Inside Nazi Germany |
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| the very first time Germany and Naziism are on the front lines to the public around the US is in |
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| March of Time- 1938 Inside Nazi Germany |
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| no one has been in office longer than president ____ |
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| FDR's New Deal offers 3 things: |
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1. recovery
2. reform
3. relief |
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| the first main piece of legislation that FDR introduces is the |
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| NRA 1930- National Recovery Act |
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| ciilian conservation core (builds parks) |
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| cinema doesn't have ______ protection |
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| 1st amendment so they were vulnerable to the govt coming in to change and censor |
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| a ravishing and revealing actress named ____ worked for Warner Bros |
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| Roosevelt did something no president had ever done before: had a _____ ____ |
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| the 1st ever press secretary, he was integral to Roosevelt administration |
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| ____ was in charge of FDR's Resettlement New Deal agency |
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| Tugwell had a goal of moving ______ to 100,000 acres of land in the Resettlement administration |
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| who is known as Roosevelt's Filmmaker? |
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| who chose Pare Lorentz to be Roosevelt's Filmmaker? |
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| which filmmaker believed the American people had a right to know what the government was doing? |
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| ____ ___ made 1st film about dust bowl a personal journey into filmmaking world |
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| what famous photographer was used in PL's 2nd film the river? |
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| the only time in history that the US government will sponsor the making of government films in a non-wartime period is the _____ |
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| USFS - United States Film Service |
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| the USFS was established on |
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| Workers film and photo league are photogs and videogs that started in ____ |
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| Hoover's saying was "prosperity was_____ |
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| what country was the most stable during the Great Depression? |
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| PL is so important because he was the 1st and only person appointed to make films for _____ |
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| the US Government (1936-1940) |
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| Will Hayes invoked censorship because films had no ______. therefore, without censorship there'd be |
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| 1st amendment protection, there'd be too much sex and violence |
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| who is the head of the Resettlement Administration that appointed Pare Lorentz? |
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| what film did Pare Lorentz make for the Resettlement Administration? |
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| The Plow that Broke the Plains 1936 |
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| what was PL's big error in making The Plow? |
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| he didn't secure distribution and the Resettlement Admin has crumbled by the time he is finished so he had to cut out the last 4 minutes |
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| when PL is done with The Plow he says he is done with |
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| government film making and wants to be a critic again. He is then offered $50,000 budget for The River and decides to make another govt film |
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| The River was made for the ____ |
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| who shot The Plow That Broke the Plains? |
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| Leo Horwitz and Rob Steiner |
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| one of the 1st films to be recognized in the international film festival is |
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| After the success of The River, FDR appoints Pare Lorentz as |
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| Eleanor Roosevelt said _____ was one of the most disturbing films she had seen in her life |
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| In the making of The Power and The Land, PL was able to follow this family because |
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| the electric company sponsored the film and offered all of the appliances for free |
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| who directed the Power and the Land? |
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| Joris Ivens because PL was busy doing FDR's request A Fight for Life |
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| The Power and The Land has one goal: |
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| life is hard without electricity so we need to get rural cooperatives all over the US |
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| there were only _____ films made for USFS. The last one is The Land |
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| Flaherty as PL was too busy to make it for AAA so he called Flaherty as he admired him, but he didn't give Flaherty boundaries. |
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| The Land is only shown once in Museum of Modern art in NYC in 1942. Why? |
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| PL had to cut out Flaherty after he racked up $75,000 shooting it. by the time it was done all the issues that were being addressed were already resolved. |
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| One mistake Pare Lorentz made in his career: |
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| he never networked, never made friends in Senate or House of Reps |
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| because of ______ there is a specific way of film making, especially Prelude to War |
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| the 3 films made by USFS: |
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| The Land, The City, Fight for Life |
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| In March 1937 Nykino becomes |
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| Frontier Films only make 4 Films: |
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| Heart of Spain, China Strikes Back, People of Cumberland, Native Land |
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| The Contemporary Film Historians made |
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| NON government documentaries |
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| ______ involved big names of literary history like Hemmingway in their documentaries. |
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| Contemporary Film Historians |
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| Pare Lorentz chose Ivens to do Power and the Land because |
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| Of his amazing camera work in The Spanish earth |
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| In 1933, ____ becomes president of US and ____ becomes chancellor of Germany |
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| Hitler's ideal human was: |
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| the night before Hitler takes power is called the |
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| The Night of 1,000 knives is |
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| the night before Hitler takes power, he kills all people that reigned before him so he has no resistance. |
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| Hitler got Germany to back him because he promised them that if they follow him... |
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| everyone will have jobs and the economy would be running again |
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| The Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda was created by ____ to do |
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| Hitler in 1933 to ban all pre 1933 films made by Jews about Jews |
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| The Nuremburg laws that Hitler introduced strips what? |
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| strips all Jews of citizenship |
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| Who is Dr. Joseph Goebbels? |
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| appointed Head of Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda. He was originally upset by this role but then saw its power and liked it. |
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| Goebbels had to control all aspects of |
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| when Hitler takes power and Goebbels is appointed, every single German Jewish filmmaker who worked at _____ flees to the US |
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| Hitler and Goebbels changed UFA to UFI because |
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| they wanted ZERO prior association |
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| UFI is _____ and had control of ____ firms in all sectors of the industry |
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| vertically integrated; 138 |
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| who is the most famous filmmaker of the Nazi era? |
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| who is the 1st female documentary film maker to make films for Western Europe? |
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| Hitler's 1st choice of film maker is _____ but he settles for |
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| Fritz Lang, wife sells him out, escapes by 1/2 hour. Settles for Leni Reifenstahl |
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| Riefenstahl made two films for Hitler: |
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| Triumph of the Will and Olympia |
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| who is the 1st film maker to make a sports documentary? |
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| What is triumph of the will about? |
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| Might, Prowess and Power of Nazi Germany |
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| How many militia members did Hitler have? How many did US have? |
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| Hitler had 2 million, US had 100,000 |
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| Leni Reifenstahl had the cooperation of every single high level member of society, even Goebbles even though he didn't like her in the making of |
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| where does Triumph of the Will premiere? |
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| _____ _____ was rewarded for German Film Prize, gold medal at 1935 Venice Biennale and Grand Prix in Paris |
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| Leni Riefenstahl for Triumph of the Will |
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| what film was banned in the US when it first came out? |
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| who said triumph of the will " is a psychological weapon. It dropped no bombs, but it was just as lethal" |
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| immediately afterWWII, _______ isn't able to be shown at any major theatre, only able to be shown in schools. |
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| who is the Father of American cinema? |
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| who gave you the language of film in American cinema? |
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| Riefenstal says if you see the film today, it is ______ not propaganda" |
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| What film took 2 years to make, edited down to 4 hours? |
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| Olympia by Riefenstahl 1938 |
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| Riefenstahl had a talent for capturing people ___ _______ |
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| Hitler didn't like two things about Olympia: |
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| 1. Hitler himself wasn't in it a lot 2. Too many african americans - cut them out |
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| What organization celebrates the worker? |
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| The EMB - John Grierson is head |
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| GPO only focuses on _____ rather than the EMB which focuses on ____ |
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| GPO only focuses on Great Britain, not the whole empire like the EMB |
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| Grierson leaves the EMB To become head of _____ |
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| Canadian National Film Board |
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EMB --> GPO --> ____
same men jump from org to org |
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| BMI- British Ministry of Information |
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| Who remains head of British Ministry of Information for the longest period of time from 1941-1945? |
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| the ____ will dissolve in 1946 and Britain will go back to having free press like normal |
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| British Ministry of Information |
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| Within the BMI, a film unit was formed by the same people as GPO. This was called |
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| the CFU collaborates, works _____ and have different emphases on what they make films on |
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| Who leads the Crown Film Unit of BMI? |
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| who is the biggest contributor to wartime production? |
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| who is the biggest contributor to wartime production? |
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| many films made by the Crown Film Unit were picked up by Hollywood studios to ___ |
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| convince Americans they had to participate in the war effort |
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| most films by Crown Film Unit/Movement were to persuade |
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| other people to help Britain fight in the war |
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| who is Britain's Wartime Documentary film maker? |
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| the early crown film unit documentaries were actually mostly |
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| When France falls, Britain is in a lot of trouble, so they turn to ___ ___ |
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| Humphrey Jennings started with GPO in 1934, doesn't pick up a camera until _____ |
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who is being described below?
-Puzzled Grierson because he is so methodical, liked to listen to sound, believed that was most important part of a film
-Believed he needed to learn first |
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| Humphrey Jennings first film was called ______ about leisure activities for Brits during wartime |
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| Humphreys chose to stay instead of go with Grierson to Canadian Film unit because |
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| he felt war was coming and wanted to have more power while working for Brit govt |
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| what did Humphrey Jennings specialize in during the war? |
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| Humphrey worked closely with _____ these two are key in Crown Film Unit |
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| Humphrey's 1st film with the Crown Film unit with Harry Watt is called |
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| Humphrey Jennings co-directed ____ ___ ___ __ |
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| London Can Take It in 1940 |
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| Jennings had american news journalist named ___ ____ do the narration in London Can Take It! |
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| Quentin Reynolds, trusted voice all Americans knew |
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| What is a film by Jennings that is 9 minutes, shown before a newsreel, one of most telling of all propaganda pieces, very inspirational? |
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| London Can Take It is 1 of ____ that dealt with the idea that other countries should get involved with the war |
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| Which one of Jennings' films uses all source sound, no dialogue, had 5 different revivals during the war, never took it out of theaters as it was such a morale booster |
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| In Listen to Britain, there is one message: |
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| Life Goes On. It shows country side, to cities, to factories, and celebrates women as war workers |
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-During first months of the war the _____ ____ ___ helped indoctrinate many young men who first joined war efforts
-So everything from wartime tasks to why they’re fighting, to have the quiet courage are all taught in these films |
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| British Ministry of Information |
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| the 1st British wartime documentaries of the Indoctrination is ______ by Harry Watt that shows the midnight missions to destroy German oil refineries |
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| Target for Tonight - 1941 |
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| The Two goals of British war time documentaries of the indoctrination are: |
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| 1. get viewers interested 2. why it's important that Brit people stay in the war. |
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| one thing that is never shown in British war time documentaries is: |
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| For Paul Rotha, his World of Plenty in 1943 was a technological feat, using: |
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| animation, archive footage and new footage |
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| Paul Rotha made a film about latchkey kids, about the global rise of juvenille delinquency during the period of 1944. This film is called |
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| Desert Victory, 1943 is all about |
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| north African victory over German forces. |
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| Desert Victory made in 1943 was unique because it was made in conjunction with ____ and produced in ____ |
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| Tunisian Victory, 1944 displayed |
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| American aid in North Africa to Great Britain |
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| True Glory by Reed/Kanin in 1945 coers the |
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| 1st wave of D-Day Bombings, SPielberg was inspired by these films. |
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| What is the Lend Lease Act? |
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| FDR helped Churchill and Great Britain by illegally leasing ammunition to them to help them in the war once France fell. |
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- FDR sends armament: tanks, artillery, ships to the British in secret. By the time he gets back to DC, he orders Navy to send ships out filled with equipment and when they’re halfway there he tells congress what’s going on.
This is describing what? |
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| When the war ended, how much artillery was given back to US from GB? |
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| How many billion dollars were shipped to the British in 1940 from the US? |
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| What happened on December 7, 1941? |
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| Japan attacks US at Pearl Harbor, that same morning the Japanese ambassador had snuck out of the white house after a week of deliberation. |
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| The Japanese ambassador was in White House hours before Pearl Harbor bombing because Japan was upset that |
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| The US Had interfered in Manchuria |
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| what was the most devastating attack on US Soil leaving 2400 dead? |
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| Pearl Harbor December 7 1941 |
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| What is Prelude to War about? |
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| Orientation film shown to soldiers entering war explaining why they're needed. |
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| on December 8 1941- FDR declares war on _____, let newsreel and radio men into the joint congress so every person in US is getting news as it happens |
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| What are the two most famous speeches of FDR's? |
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1. Inaugural speech "only thing we have to fear is fear itself"
2. Infamy speech on 12.8.41 |
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| On 12.10.41 the US declares war on |
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| What happens in 1940 with the Paramount case? |
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| FDR intervenes and forces the attorney general into an assent decree |
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| what is the assent decree that FDR makes with the 8 motion picture studios? |
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| Hollywood studios would make films for US Govt for free during entire time of war. |
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| What is the War Activities Commmittee? |
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| formerly the Motion Picture Alliance, hollywood studios that were making films for free for US Govt during wartime |
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| the War Activities Committee and Motion Picture Alliance made 4 types of films: |
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1. feature films wartime angle
2. orientation films
3. new policies like rationing
4. training films |
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| Newsreels, specifically ________ played a key role in providing up to date info about the battle abroad to civilians at home |
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| From 1942-1945 all movie theaters in the US were open ______ per day |
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| Actor ____ _____ joins war in 1940, everyone thought he was crazy especially head of MGM, he had just won best supporting actor, he spends over 5 ½ years away from Hollywood comes back and makes It's A Wonderful Life |
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| What is the name of hte US propaganda agency that deals wtih dissemination of materials to American public during WWII? |
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| Office of War Information - Bureau of Motion Pictures |
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| A way to promote patriotism in the US during WWII that was 100% censored by US Govt was the |
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| Office of War Information OWI |
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| ___ ____ was in charge of the OWI, popular radioman, made sure you had 11 different branches, including overseas counter parts |
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| Lowell Mellet was in charge of the ______ ___ ____ ____ for OWI, knew nothing about motion pictures, but knew what the agenda for the war was. |
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| Bureau of Motion pictures |
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| According to Davis the easiest way to propagandize is to put it through an entertaining picture so ____ |
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| they don't know they're being propagandized. |
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| FDR instructed Millette to set up a bureau for OWI in ____ and _____ |
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| Famous actor that joins war effort when his wife is killed during a war bond tour |
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| John Huston made a controversial film called ____ that highlighted _____ after making a recruitment movie called Winning Your Wings |
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| Let There Be Light; highlighting PTSD from war |
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| Who created the Why We Fight series? |
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| Who made the 1st documentary to win an academy award? |
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| John Ford won the award! for Battle of Midway |
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| Who hosts the recruitment video titled Winning Your Wings? |
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| what types of films did the OWI call the nuts & bolts films? |
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| Training films were made on a contract basis, therefore |
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| each studio sent people for a certain amount of weeks, one week paramount, the next |
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| Which two companies made mostly army films? |
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| Warner Bros made mostly ____ and ___ films for the WOI |
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| RKO made mostly ____ films for WOI |
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| General George Marshall came up with the idea of ____ films, to help sell people |
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| General Marshall wanted John Ford to do them, but he was busy so ____ did the orientation films |
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| Who made Mr. Smith Goes to Washington and Mr. Deeds goes Downtown and orientation films for US? |
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| most of Capra's footage used was taken from _____ |
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| all animation for Orientation films was done by |
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| The deal was that the government took over ____ studios, if they made films for free their debt would be forgiven. They have been in the green ever since. |
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| Which film in the Why We Fight Series explains why we got into war in the first place, sets up why America enters war? |
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Musellini in here, yamamoto, hitler, lots of triumph of the will cut together and used for propaganda purposes
what film is being described? |
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| Prelude to War- by Walter Huston |
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| Of the 7 Why We Fight series, only ____ were shown to US citizens |
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| Capra produces NOT Directs the ____ |
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| 1st army picture unit, this was supposed to be and ended up being the first follow up to why we fight series |
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| a big change in WWII from WWI was |
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| African Americans and whites fought side by side |
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-When film was surveyed, 80% of white military men enlisted in 1945 said this film was as important as prelude to war
-Was well received, got reviewed in NY times, celebrated in 1945, comes out on the E-day here |
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