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Motion Picture MP75-3

The Truth about America – This is America

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Original Format(s)
Motion Picture
Footage
294 feet
Running Time
8 minutes 15 seconds
Film Gauge
16mm
Sound
sound
Color
Black & White
Produced by
U.S. Information Service
Restrictions
Unrestricted
Description

This film shows how American newsreels were used by the Soviet Union to give a distorted view of the United States to eastern European viewers. "The Truth about America" was shown in East Germany on February 24, 1950. "This is America" was shown on January 28, 1949.

Date(s)
ca.
1950

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Moving Image Type
Motion Picture

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