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13179_LD045_red_scare

1940s, 1950s
B&W

Cold War Era anti-Communist propaganda. Animated Earth struck by a lightning bolt. Animated map of Russia expanded into Europe. Stalin looking down from above on a massive parade. Meting of East and West at the Elbe River in Germany at the close of World War II. Animated iron curtain coming up in Eastern Europe. Animated Soviet troops marching.

Staged communists takeover of Mosinee, Wisconsin, gives Americans an idea of what Soviet communism is really like. Newspaper is taken over. People wait in soup lines. Communists march through streets and red star is raised on a building. The Statue of Liberty is blown up. Animation of Soviet fist crushing American cities and towns. Pillar of values - “Loyalty”, “Emotional Ties”, Human Ties” - is destroyed and a Soviet Flag of “Leadership” stands on the rubble.