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Cartoon shows communism taking over religion during Cold War.

State Department Foreign Service officer Boris Hansen Klosson narrates propaganda film during the Cold War. Cartoon depicts takeover of churches. A large church connects to houses, smaller churches, and institutions. A wall is built around the big church, keeping followers isolated and increasing the influence of the communist state. A church with a wall built around it. “Obviously the communists could not afford to tolerate any organization capable of independent action” Klosson says. Cartoon depicts communist isolation of individuals.

Date: 1956
Duration: 3 min 24 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079906
United States anti-communist film warns about isolation of individuals in society.

State Department Foreign Service officer Boris Hansen Klosson narrates anti-communist film during the Cold War. Klosson speaks about the divisiveness and infiltration by communists change the people’s psyche. “The ties that once bound people to each other is systematically severed. In a society pockmarked by unknown informers, suspicion came to replace friendliness” Klosson said. The communist system ensures the individual would feel isolated and helpless without the state. the individual is made to believe that their only choice is carrying the will of the communist state. “Submit or be crushed- This is the ultimate aim of the communist seizure of power” Klosson concludes. Closing slide reads “In our unrelenting fight against the poison of Communism, our greatest weapon is knowledge. The more we know about our enemy, the greater is our strength”.

Date: 1956
Duration: 1 min 55 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079907
General Robert McClure talks to Iranian General Khazaee at the Military Assistance Advisory Group, Iran

Imperial Iranian Army Brigadier General Mohammad Ali Khazaee meets Major General Robert A. McClure, Chief of the Military Assistance Advisory Group (MAAG), Iran. Major General McClure speaks with the Iranian senior military officer. Flags of the United States and Iran hangs behind General McClure. Brigadier General Khazaee listens to General McClure. The Iranian general puts on his glasses and reads document. Major General McClure points to a wall map of Iran, the Persian Gulf and the Middle East.

Date: 1956, May 10
Duration: 47 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675080206
A United States sergeant and his wife view antiques in Karachi, Pakistan

A United States Army sergeant of the Military Assistance Advisory Group (MAAG) and his wife at souvenir shop in Karachi, Pakistan. The wife picks up a Mughal plate. A Pakistani shop attendant shows the plate to the couple.

Date: 1956, May 7
Duration: 29 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675080207
Bagh-e Melli Gate, street scenes, Sepahsalar Mosque in Tehran, Iran

Street scenes in pre revolution Tehran, Iran. A policeman directs traffic in front of the Bagh-e Melli Gate (Tehran, District 12, Imam Khomeini St, Iran) at the National Garden of Tehran. The policeman stands beside a traffic light. Cars, buses, horse carts, and bicycles are seen in traffic. Iranian worker man uses a primitive rope reel to pull a bucket out of a hole in downtown Tehran. Minarets of the Sepahsalar Mosque (Tehran Province, Tehran, Allameh Sharif-e-Razi, Iran).

Date: 1956, May 10
Duration: 1 min 49 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675080208
United States dependent children playing baseball in Tehran, Iran

View of a village with mud brick houses in Tehran, Iran. A snow-capped mountain range is seen in the background. A group of United States dependent children play baseball. A young batter swings a baseball bat, missing the ball pitched to him during the game. Parents watch the baseball game in the background.

Date: 1956, May 10
Duration: 53 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675080209