Communist Blueprint for Conquest (1955, silent)

Description:

Description: Anti-communist film, partly animated, with memorable sequences including a typewriter typing hammer and sickles, a piano player playing a score of hammer and sickles, and an animated fist stomping out opposition.

May be a partial segment of a longer film.

From the Index of Army Motion Pictures, Film Strips, Slides, and Phono-Recordings (1959):

Armed Forces Information Film AFIF 76

"Mr. Boris H. Klosson Department of State, explains the methods and techniques used by the Communist Party to seize power in a country (33 min--1956)."

Can states: ""COMMUNIST BLUEPRINT FOR CONQUEST" B/W B-WIND FGM"; "NEVER GOT SOUND ON THIS"; "ORIG B/W PIX "COMMUNIST BLUEPRINT FOR CONQUEST" B-WIND FGM"

Composite print also held. See item 201943. Some scenes missing in the fine grain master.

Reuse Statement: For information on reusing Prelinger Archives footage and obtaining written usage agreements, please visit www.prelinger.com.

Subjects: 1950s, Communism, Cold War

Tags: animations; treason; blackmail; anti-communist; propaganda; skewed explanations; hammer and sickles; ideology

Film Sponsor: U.S. Army

Creator: Armed Forces Information Service

Credits:

Distributor:

Contributor: Prelinger Archives

Source Collection: The Archives Project

Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive

Production Date:

Release Date: 1955

Geographical Location: USA

Genre/Form: government, military, animation

Language: eng

Rights: Public domain

Film Format: 16mm film

Element: finegrain master, positive

Color: b&w

Color Process:

Sound or Silent: silent

Film Soundtrack Type: mos

Edge Code:

Frame Rate: 24 fps

Length (feet): 276

Complete Record: Description: Anti-communist film, partly animated, with memorable sequences including a typewriter typing hammer and sickles, a piano player playing a score of hammer and sickles, and an animated fist stomping out opposition. May be a partial segment of a longer film. From the Index of Army Motion Pictures, Film Strips, Slides, and Phono-Recordings (1959): Armed Forces Information Film AFIF 76 "Mr. Boris H. Klosson Department of State, explains the methods and techniques used by the Communist Party to seize power in a country (33 min--1956)." Can states: ""COMMUNIST BLUEPRINT FOR CONQUEST" B/W B-WIND FGM"; "NEVER GOT SOUND ON THIS"; "ORIG B/W PIX "COMMUNIST BLUEPRINT FOR CONQUEST" B-WIND FGM" Composite print also held. See item 201943. Some scenes missing in the fine grain master. Reuse Statement: For information on reusing Prelinger Archives footage and obtaining written usage agreements, please visit www.prelinger.com. Subjects: 1950s, Communism, Cold War Tags: animations; treason; blackmail; anti-communist; propaganda; skewed explanations; hammer and sickles; ideology Film Sponsor: U.S. Army Creator: Armed Forces Information Service Credits: Distributor: Contributor: Prelinger Archives Source Collection: The Archives Project Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive Production Date: Release Date: 1955 Geographical Location: USA Genre/Form: government, military, animation Language: eng Rights: Public domain Film Format: 16mm film Element: finegrain master, positive Color: b&w Color Process: Sound or Silent: silent Film Soundtrack Type: mos Edge Code: Frame Rate: 24 fps Length (feet): 276