''Face to Face with Communism'' (1951) is an American
Cold War
The Cold War is a term commonly used to refer to a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc. The term '' cold war'' is used because the ...
propaganda
Propaganda is communication that is primarily used to influence or persuade an audience to further an agenda, which may not be objective and may be selectively presenting facts to encourage a particular synthesis or perception, or using loaded ...
film. It dramatized the effects on a small town of an imagined invasion of the United States by the
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...
. Its running time was 26 minutes.
See also
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Battle Beneath the Earth'' (1967)
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Invasion, U.S.A. (1952 film)
''Invasion, U.S.A.'' (sometime stylized ''Invasion USA'') is a 1952 American drama film based on a story by Robert Smith and Franz Spencer and directed by Alfred E. Green. The film stars Gerald Mohr, Peggie Castle and Dan O'Herlihy. ''Invasio ...
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Invasion literature
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Mosinee, Wis., mock Communist takeover (1950)
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Not This August
''Not This August'', also known as ''Christmas Eve'', is a Hugo Award shortlisted science fiction novel by Cyril M. Kornbluth. It was originally published in 1955 by Doubleday. It was serialized in ''Maclean's'' magazine (Canada) in May and Ju ...
'' (1955)
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Red Nightmare'' (1962)
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Rocket Attack U.S.A.
''Rocket Attack U.S.A.'', also known as ''Five Minutes to Zero'', is a 1958 propaganda espionage/science fiction film produced, directed and edited by Barry Mahon who intended to exploit the launching of Sputnik.
Premise
American secret agents Jo ...
'' (1958)
References
External links
National Archives Catalog*
Cold War films
1951 films
American anti-communist propaganda films
American black-and-white films
1950s American films
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