Red Nightmare(1962)

[Applause] [Music] [Music] speak English comrade remember that is about the only Freedom you do not have in this town it's American Town Americans they have too many freedoms there is another thing you must remember comrade or one day it will be your mission to destroy those Bourgeois capitalist [Music] freedoms frightening isn't it from all appearances this community could be in Iowa California or Tennessee it looks like an American town as American as apple pie and ice cream as a matter of fact you can find apple pie here and ice cream too but appearances are deceptive this is not an American Town however it may be assumed that such a town does exist shrouded in secrecy and protected by utmost security deep behind the Iron Curtain you might call this a college town communist style as part of a long range plan to destroy our free way of life these young Communists are studying the economic political and religious institutions that are the very heartbeat of America the courses here in this strangest of all schools Espionage as a science propaganda as an art sabotage as a business this nameless American city deep in the vastness of the Soviet Union it stands as a symbol of Russian treachery of long range communist conspiracy this town may appear to be an accurate likeness of a typical American Community but it's a fraud it isn't free now let's take a look at a genuine American town and a genuine American I want you to meet Jerry Donovan he's proud of his country but prone to take his Liberties for granted or he's aware that someone must assume responsibility for those Liberties for our free way of life yet when there's a job to be done Jerry like so many Americans is apt to ask why me [Applause] a [Music] [Applause] [Music] anybody home oh hi there Partners what hey what is this you bad guy take away our L what he's on the war pack you better S for the calary take him prisoners H him up on hill of red ant I not wait a minute I don't happen to like ants you sit on an here now you got this all wrong you see I happen to be a good guy sit yes sir hey where you going get them honey ants love honey oh Indians time to wash up right now dessert in the wig mom later oh well you said me from a fake worse than death huh how come we even been so ear tonight well you don't you remember you have a union committee meeting tonight I just want to make sure you could make it yeah that well uh they don't expect me I told them that your folks were coming here for dinner tonight oh honey mom and dad I do in for another weekend now you have plenty of time for the meeting H Helen you don't understand I knew that your folks weren't going to be here tonight you knew well then I I just told that to the fellas to keep from going tonight oh besides my favorite TV show is on you wouldn't want me to miss that would you would you well jeral you missed the last meeting don't you think you should be there honey nothing ever happens at those meetings a bunch of guys sitting around listening to themselves talking now the important thing that really had me worry no is what's for dinner tonight stew or hamburger oh boy you like that that smells good I thought so Jerry would you say that I was a nag well no more than average oh well well I'm afraid I'm going to be just this once why well this morning you told me that you wouldn't be able to make the PTA meeting next Wednesday right that is right old Mrs Potter reminds me of a love sick hippo besides Wednesday's my bowling night oh Jerry can't you think of anything besides bowling and then television I the way you talk about that PTA you think it was some kind of a hush hush government meeting to well to determine the future of the nation they can struggle along without me well what about Jimmy's father son bander tomorrow night he's been counting on that for weeks you know that well now that is different wouldn't miss that for the whole world besides I wrote my speech already huh yeah I've been rehearsing it all week listen to this um members of troop 28 are gathered here tonight uh to discuss the ways and means of finding homes for trer Ryan six new clips how's that sound pretty bad yeah no I can hear them applauding already well no listen just one more question just one what about your reserve meeting your next one you miss the last one and you miss the well honey you did all of those all right I'll tell you what I will talk to my secretary in the morning and find out if my schedule will permit me to go to the next point would you quit bugging me Bill Martin here I asked him to stay for dinner hey that's good I want to talk to Bill about how his team can beat State this year again well he didn't listen to me last time Bill the list of play you've got to watch out for now their quarterback takes a snap back right he hands off the left half who goes wide hey Mom Linda's putting coffee on her strawberry Linda put coffee on her strawberry all right all right you finish your dinner now you can be excused Daddy good night beautiful night Dad night good coffee on strawber I never he go to bed is there something on your mind how can you tell want to break up the H bill this is a play you've really got to look out for off time up Lind well our ages and Oh Daddy mother we want to get married I'm sorry to spring it on you so suddenly mother I suppose it came as an awful surprise really sweetheart congratulations bill and I might add you're a very lucky young man thank you Daddy Well everybody's through kissing each other I think there are a few things we ought to iron out I know don't get me wrong bill I like you you know that I'm not against the marriage matter of fact I think it'd be a fine idea four or five years in four or five years you're both too young to get married right now Mr Donovan I'm going to marry your daughter and I'm not going to wait four or 5 years to do it thanks for dinner I'll talk to you later good night Bill Bill Linda honey now let them go [Music] sweet [Music] dreams picture of an American retiring for the night going to bed in Comfort without worries or problems well almost without problems Linda and Bill May mean momentary worry but in America there's always tomorrow with its bright promise and problems will work out somehow things always work out now in a few minutes Jerry Donovan will be asleep but tonight instead of the sweet dreams his wife wished him let's give Jerry a nightmare a real red nightmare now you remember that Russian town we saw earlier the town that looked like it belonged in Kansas or Ohio or Vermont let's lift that town out of the Soviet Union let's superimpose it on Jerry's homeown and those precious freedoms Jerry so complacently accepts let's see how many freedoms Jerry might lose if suddenly he had to live under communist domination [Music] hey Charlie will you hurry up with the coffee all right all right I've only got one pair of hands Jerry's a little confused things seem different now and they should because Freedom has suddenly vanished your permit number please permit number operator I don't have a permit I just want to call my house I want to talk to my wife no personal calls are allowed without a permit from the commissar you will get off the line please [Music] operator they would GES come on comrade [Music] now that you become acquainted with the enlightened communist system in contrast to the outdated capitalistic way of life you are now prepared for the next step of your indoctrination which will be most difficult when the moral fiber of the United States weakens and the economy collapses under the pressure of competitive coexistence you will assume control you will move into every phase of American political and economic life it will be your responsibility comrades to purge the minds of the reactionary Americans so that they will welcome the enlightened Soviet system and conform without resistance to the dictatorship of the proletariat again my congratulations comrades continue the good work say could you tell me would yes comrade nothing nothing never mind [Music] [Applause] thank God thank God you're all right I have something to [Music] do GE hell I'm sorry Emily something strange happened something very strange I was standing in the plaza never mind that but you are disturbing the children their meals that to be consumed without interruption I don't blame you for being sore but I'll make it up to you tomorrow night we'll have an early dinner at the steakhouse and we'll take get the kids to drive-in movie that would be quite impossible tomorrow night you've been selected to address the parent teachers committee the what oh no that must be some mistake they don't want me what would I talk about how Jimmy's team lost a little league championship last year subject of your address has already been selected for you the theme will be how the new communistic life benefits children wait a minute what if I don't want to talk about that what if I don't want to talk at all I would advise you not to object recently the party learned that you were on the debate team while I they're very disturbed that you kept this fact a secret from them experienced speakers are needed by the party they'll make very good use of you Sergeant check the kitchen you look in the back I'll be upstairs hey what is this where do you think you're going we have no time for explanations already we have 15 minutes behind schedule I don't care who sent your why you're not going to take another step to Li see a warrant warrant we need no warrants as a member of the young communist League your daughter has volunteered for farm work she's to be transported immediately the truck is waiting outside wait a minute let me get something straight you say my daughter volunteered that is correct here's the signature requesting transport to the people's Collective signature on that piece of paper is false everything you've said is a lie because my daughter would never leave here of her own free will you've got no right to be in this house I'm going to give you just 10 seconds to get out of here Daddy it's true Daddy I did volunteer a farmwork Linda why the party convinced me that I should free myself of the lingering bgeo influence of family life I am ready honey do not interfere it is for my own good and comrade Donovan do not think that your deviationist remarks shall be overlooked they will be reported to the proper authorities [Music] hello hey what's this quarter business that's today's work comrade hello Pete having a little trouble Bera doesn't seem to be in a working mood the late must be fixed immediately you have a quarter to fulfill you fail will all be held responsible I'm doing the best I can quarter No Quarter I can't do anything till I get this fixed well then I advise you work during your lunch hour the quarter must be met and comrade commissar isn't interested in excuses I over slip the kids get out to Sunday school all right well it's a beautiful day soon they get back from Sunday school why don't we all pile into the car and go over hey what is this someone going on a trip you could call it a trip after the children are going away to a state school now wait a minute wait just a minute I don't know what's happened to you or what they've done to change you but you're not going to send these kids away oh she's not sending us away it was our idea we learned in school that home life does not encourage the growth of the collective character which the party wishes to develop in its young people it's your fault you should have spent more time training if to think along party lines as a member of the young Pioneers it will be my duty to report you you better listen to me all of you I don't want to hear any more talk about State schools and party lines and Collective character and deviation ISM there's going to be a family again and I know just where to start you two are going to Sunday school and you're going right now Mommy tell her no use to argue M this time I'm going to overrule a party come on dad they've been poisoning you kids with those lies long enough now you're really going to find out what the truth is all about we tried to tell your dad but you wouldn't listen there is no more Sunday school please take us home now Daddy help everybody's looking at us steak somebody made a big mistake come on we're going to get the straighten out right now come on come on inside come on [Music] Jimmy what's happened what are they done keep your voice down comrade otherwise I shall have to report you hope put these displays in here this is a house of worship you are mistaken this is the people's Museum and I warning you once more this place is a lie everything about it is false this this was not invented by a Russian a man's name was B Alexander granell and he was an American get that comrade everything on this table is as phony as the town the rotten system you call communism [Music] comrade Donovan you're accused of the following crimes against the state subversion deviation ISM and treas you've been given this opportunity to make a public confession of your treacherous violations just a minute this is supposed to be a tri what who says I'm guilty of anything where's your proof State needs no proof it is up to you to prove your innocence how can I prove my innocence if I don't know what I'm accused of subversion against whom deviation ISM from what treason against what government The Prisoner has been given his opportunity to confess I asked now that he'd be sentenced now wait a minute you you've got to listen to me they say I'm guilty of crimes against the state but it's the state that committed the crimes they broke into my home without a warrant armed soldiers they took away my daughter desecrated a house of worship and replaced religious objects with phony displays and they called it a museum I even tried to turn my own kids against me my wife Helen you were there you know that what I'm saying is true tell them Mrs Donovan this document contains your signed statement it proves that your husband tried to turn your children against the communist state is the statement true yes H Lieutenant Martin comrade cnov comrade minko these documents contain your signed statements they prove that comrade Donovan is guilty of deviation ISM and treason I want you to tell the court if these statements are correct I will ask you each in turn comrade cnov yes the statement is true comrade malinko true Lieutenant the statement is true there's no need to continue this trial the evidence against the prisoners is overwhelming I ask now that he be sentenced immediately I want to see those statements and maybe I'll have a few words to say my own defense The Prisoner will step back into the [Music] box there is no need to examine the statements of the witnesses The Prisoner stands condemned by his own words he has challenged the supreme authority of the state he has questioned its practices and its decisions and by these actions he has proved himself to be a dangerous enemy to the proletariat and he must be treated as such as an ugly remnant of a diseased Bourgeois class he must be eradicated before the contagion can [Music] spread comrade Donovan you are hereby sentenced to be shot com Donovan comr Donovan do you know why you're here I can guess you have any last requests yes we really need these I don't think I'll be going anywhere nevertheless I'm afraid they're necessary am denovan you've been convicted of crimes against the Supreme communist government being an enemy of the state you must be liquidated I have been commissioned to carry out your sentence what no firing squad I'm afraid not however it's the last favor from the government you are hereby granted one final chance to confess short crimes if you wish a recorder will be summoned to take down your statement I have a statement to make all right but you can deliver it you just tell your government that someday its own people are going to get wise to it someday there's going to be enough holes in that Iron Curtain that all of your people will be able to escape to freedom and never be able to build a wall strong enough to hold one of my own countrymen once said you can't fool all of the people all of the time believe me you Communists can't keep fooling the entire world you can't even keep fooling your own people because the news about communism is getting around but it's only another word for [Music] slavery don't worry Jerry that bullet will never reach you because it's time to bring you back from your red nightmare what you have seen is not entirely fiction greater brutality is taking place right now in countries which have been swallowed up by the communist machine we know that Jerry is waking let's see if his dream has impressed him [Music] [Music] [Music] Helen yes darling Helen Honey the kids polished off the eggs would you mind cereal cereal be fine just mine I'll gu Mr good [Music] morning wellow good morning morning Daddy you buy me a new space helmet oh what he's gone from Wide Open Spaces to outer space oh he is is he yeah I guess we can put you in orbit all right you get a space hey Mom [Music] Mom hello there hi Daddy hi Mr Donovan B if you two kids don't have this car in shape by now I don't think you ever will well uh you'd like to talk some more about that marriage business you better catch me while I'm in a good mood Oh Daddy we got something to tell [Music] you now you haven't run off no that we haven't done but we have decided to wait not 5 years mind you but at least life finished my hitch in the service that's a wise decision Bill yes indeed I think that's a very wise decision how about some breakfast good idea good jary knows now so he'll never forget it responsibilities are a privilege an inherent American right the strength of our nation the Bright Hopes of a free world are founded on the dedication of individual Americans people who guarantee Freedom by standing ready to fight against aggression against the Communist attempts at World enslavement freedom is not hereditary it must be earned Freedom has a price and its price is Vigilance its price is responsibility not only of government but of every citizen who salutes our flag those who serve as a part of our nation's armed might and those who have served they guarantee Freedom's continued existence Freedom no single word in all the languages of mankind has come to mean so much freedom to enjoy the simple things of life in the circle of family and friends freedom to work at a vocation of our choosing to vote in open elections for the candidate We Believe best qualified to come to go as we please freedom to own property to enjoy the Priceless Heritage of life liberty and the pursuit of happiness to marry and raise a family with belief in the Dignity of the human Spirit to study in the field of our choice to speak our belief to worship God these freedoms that spell America they represent a way of life that has become the farthest advancement of mankind on this planet to prevent communism from consuming the entire free world there stands but one man that man is you [Music]