State Department Foreign Service officer and Soviet and East European affairs specialist Boris Hansen Klosson narrates. Slate reads “ARMED FORCE”. Cartoon of communist soldiers marching and standing at attention. A menacing politician sitting behind a desk. A shadow of a soldier and poster of the communist symbol is seen behind the politician. More shadows of soldiers are seen behind the communist politician. A frightened man being choked. A man holding a flag with the Communist symbol and word “LEADERSHIP”. Animation depicts working class communists mobilizing under a leader and working underground. “The communists have been quick to exploit these unsettled conditions- seeking to arouse popular discontent, what has existed before, and then to inflame the resentment…” Boris H. Klosson says. (Film is example of Anti-communist or so called Red menace propaganda)
State Department Foreign Service officer and Soviet and East European affairs specialist Boris Hansen Klosson narrates the recruitment methods utilized by communists during the Cold War. Boris H. Klosson sits behind a desk inside his office. A diagram depicts the political stakeholders and institutions of a country. The “Communists” are marked in black. Leftist political parties such as Agrarian, Nationalist, Liberal, Socialist and Communist are marked with a box. Boris H. Klosson speaks to the audience beside the diagram. Two ballots named “Ballot Party of the Left” and “Ballot Party of the Center” are combined into one ballot called “Ballot National Unity Front”. A cartoon Communist man holds on to the ballot paper as it falls into a ballot box. Shadow of troops obscure diagram. Diagram shows how communist influence in national government and local government affect the freedom of various stakeholders such as businesses and the police force. Cartoon shows how communists divide lands for landowners in order to neutralize them as a political force. Factories are combined under “Nationalization”. A Communist Ministry of the Interior holds the “Federal Police Force” on a chain. Cartoon thugs stand as Factory Guards outside industries. “Having control of the Ministry of Information meant that the Communists were in a position to interfere with the efforts of other parties to reach the population.” Boris H. Klosson said. (Film is example of Anti-communist or so called Red menace propaganda)
State Department Foreign Service officer Boris Hansen Klosson narrates Cold War propaganda film. A cartoon politician sits behind a desk labeled “Ministry of Agriculture”. Ministry of Agriculture distribute aid such as seed, fertilizer, and farming materials to peasants. Cartoon depicts a communist informant getting his hands on paperwork from a filing cabinet. An anonymous informant informs a communist party officer. Another communist official review paper labeled as “Anti-Communist Plans”. Block of metal labeled as “Blackmail” hangs over the intimidated man. A political diagram shows how cabinet members, civil service, and national army are gradually neutralized by communist influences. (Film is example of Anti-communist or so called Red menace propaganda)
State Department Foreign Service officer Boris Hansen Klosson narrates. Cold War cartoon depicts four politicians standing behind podiums. The podiums are labeled with words “Agrarian”, “Socialist” and “Liberal”. One of the podiums is only marked with the communist symbol. The three politicians- Communist, Socialist, and Liberal- whisper to each other, plotting to drop the Agrarian party from the front. A diagram depicts the political stakeholders and institutions of a country. (Film is example of Anti-communist or so called Red menace propaganda)
Foreign dignitaries arrive for the state funeral of assassinated U.S. President John F Kennedy. West Germany President Heinrich Lubke arrives at the Dulles Airport. He shakes hands with a member of the German delegation in Washington. West Germany Chancellor Ludwig Erhard, West German Foreign Minister Gerhard Schroder and U.S. Secretary of State Dean Rusk walk into the airport terminal. The dignitaries pose for the journalists and photographers. Secretary Rusk talks to Chancellor Ludwig. He leads the party towards the airport entrance and into the waiting cars. A television presenter gives details of the stay arrangements of the visiting foreign dignitaries.
Foreign dignitaries arrive for the state funeral of assassinated U.S. President John F Kennedy. U.S. officials await the arrival of Israeli President Zalman Shazar. President Shazar enters the terminal with U.S. Secretary of State Dean Rusk and Israeli Foreign Minister Golda Meir. The President greets the Israeli Embassy staff. President Shazar, Secretary Rusk, Foreign Minister Golda Meir, Ambassador of Israel Avraham Harman and the military attache of the Embassy pose for the photographers. Secretary Rusk escorts the dignitaries towards the waiting cars. Photographers take pictures. A television presenter winds up the report on the arriving dignitaries.
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