Don’t Be A Sucker

Here’s an inspiring bit of propaganda that I originally found at Archive.org and just uploaded to my YouTube account. This 1947 short does an admirable job connecting the dots between prejudice and despotism.




I’ve uploaded a few other interesting videos to YouTube as well, so if you’re looking to kill some time, click here.


posted by greg on March 11, 2006 @ 12:50 pm

7 comments

  1. Great find, Greg … thanks for posting this! As a side note, it’s amazing to think that our government could produce this and then proceed to drag its feet about racial equality and civil rights over the next couple of decades.

    Comment by PotatoStew — March 11, 2006 @ 9:52 pm

  2. this is a brilliant find! You’re no sucker.

    Comment by mdhåtter — March 12, 2006 @ 7:47 am

  3. Nice!

    Comment by thepoetryman — March 12, 2006 @ 6:07 pm

  4. Excellent find. I’ll link to it in tomorrow’s Best in Blogs segment at CN. Curiously though, the very last frame is this: “This film will not be shown to the general public without permission of the War Department,” an ironic touch that reveals our own nascent affinities, in 1947, for the National Security State.

    Comment by Candide's Notebooks — March 13, 2006 @ 11:52 am

  5. “Hey! I’m a Mason!”
    Indeed.

    Comment by Joe — March 13, 2006 @ 2:28 pm

  6. Your blog is a pleasure to read and our video links are beyond great! This one I watched the whole way through. Powerful! Thank you!

    Comment by Patrick Briggs — March 13, 2006 @ 11:37 pm

  7. Good stuff! Thanks for posting it. Funny how our government can produce this yet not do a darn thing about civil rights for another 10-20 years later.

    Another thing about the end of the film - we shouldn’t be suckers… but its ok to be litterbugs? :)

    Comment by Bud — March 15, 2006 @ 1:23 pm

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