Propaganda Film Analysis

America was an isolationist country during most of World War 1. It wasn’t until the war started affecting Americans that Wilson Woodrow decided to join the war. With the help of propaganda, many Americans changed their attitudes toward U.S participation. During 1914 to 1918, film industry propaganda was infinitely good because it got people to enlist, promoted liberty bonds, and exposed the atrocities Germans were committing.

The U.S. had no intentions in joining the war when it began. As a result, the U.S. army was in need of more recruits to help with the war effort. As a solution, the U.S. used propaganda to spark patriotism and fear among American boys. For example, in a propaganda film it shows a young man receiving a threatening doll because he did not enlist. The fear that the doll evoked changed his mind and helped him decide to enlist. The propaganda film was good because it did get more people to join the war.
needed more fundings. As a result, the government turned to propaganda to get Americans to buy bonds. In order to persuade American citizens to buy bonds, propaganda films used famous actors to convince them that buying bonds was a good investment. For example, in a propaganda film Charlie Chaplin is seen hitting a german soldier with a hammer that has “Liberty bond” inscribed on it. Since Charlie Chaplin was a recognized and trusted person, people bought liberty bonds. And so propaganda was good because it helped fund the war.
Germans have also been known to use propaganda for the similar reasons that the U.S. used it. During World World 2, Germans used propaganda to get people to enlist and to spark anti-Jewish sentiments. Just like the U.S, their propaganda efforts were met with success and the Nazis’s army grew and got many people to turn on Jewish