Propaganda Movies

First World War animated propaganda short, extolling Britain's naval history and mocking the German navy.

In the idealism and mutation of his home town of Winnipeg, the filmmaker Matthew Rankin launches a failed campaign of absolute inter-human solidarity...

Nazi propaganda film contrasting Germany in the days before Adolf Hitler became Chancellor with the Germany of "today" and how much better it is.

Life under an oppressive dictatorship. Where citizens surrender themselves to the regime, become the part of the system and let go their freedom and...

Private Duck is a camouflage painter. He paints a giant cannon with some very gaudy colors, until Sergeant Pete explains that the point is to make it...

This program investigates the ways various art forms are used to sway minds and to argue political causes. Examples include Napoleon and Hitler;...

No one knows why for certain, but from 1968 to 1973 communist Albania enjoyed a brief liberalisation in the arts. Banned books and Beatles records...

A soldier is informed that enemies are headed towards his post, only moments before they arrive.

The first animated movie made in the Soviet Union, it portrays a bloated caricature of a Capitalist devouring a massive heap of food and drink.

Propagandistic documentary aiming to demonstrate how vigorous and prosperous the provinces of Tacna and Arica were at that time, despite being in...

An ethnographic treasure that documents with visual bravado the harsh conditions of life in the isolated mountain village of Ushkul.

The entire Disney menagerie appears in a parade urging the purchase of war bonds.

Tommy Robinson goes on the offensive by documenting how his own “hit piece” on his character was being constructed by the taxpayer-funded...

After a hard day at work, Mr. Prokouk decides to invent a machine to ease his labor. But inventing is work too, and Mr. Prokouk spends more time...

Yugoslav Partisan propaganda film about the liberation of Istria at the end of the World War II.

German propaganda film about the importance of buying war bonds.

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

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

Anti-Congress propaganda film made by a District Officer in India.