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Join this channel to get access to perks: Want to learn more about Periscope Film and get access to exclusive swag? Join us on Patreon. Visit Visit our website “The Red Report with Herbert A. Philbrick” is a 1960s-era (probably 1962-63) American anti-Communist propaganda film. The 20 minute black and white film, according to its host, seeks to expose the tactics used by “the Reds” to attract Americans - specifically American youths - to Communism. The film is presented by Herbert A. Philbrick, a Boston area advertising executive who was paid by the FBI to infiltrate the Communist Party USA between 1940 and 1949. His involvement began when he joined a Communist front group in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the Cambridge Youth Council. His story was dramatized in the Ziv Television Programs series “I Led Three Lives.“ Illustrated map of the world - grey shading highlights Eastern Bloc (0:11). Herbert A. Philbrick speaks to camera from office space; introductory remarks (0:41). The hammer and sickle overlaid painting of young man and woman (0:49). Illustrated portrait of J. Edgar Hoover, former director of the FBI (0:58). Close-up hands flip through book as Philbrick narrates communist youth recruitment across America (Detroit, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia) in 1959, movement led by Daniel Rubin and Danny Queen (1:15). Archival footage from Communist-Led Riots Against the House Committee on Un-American Activities in San Francisco, California, May 12-14, 1960: Protestors are sprayed with hoses while carrying protest slogans on the Grand Staircase San Francisco City Hall (1:50). Douglas Watkins (2:17). Gus Hall (2:46). Philbrick sits down at desk, stacks papers while speaking to camera (2:52). Camera pans college campus, grassy lawn mature trees (3:20). College professor lectures to students in lecture hall (3:36). December 5th, 1960: Soviets publish new Soviet directives; US Senate Internal Committee special report (4:06). Camera pans Kremlin Palace of Congresses auditorium, emblem of Komsomol (Lenin bust) in background (4:30). Nikita Khrushchev speaks to crowd at podium (4:38). Philbrick reads example of reporting of events by a newspaper (5:15). Illustrated portrait of Khrushchev (5:48). Archival footage dust cloud, smoke Budapest streets as tanks roll in during Hungarian Revolution of 1956; montage clips of destruction from suppression of movement (6:10). Illustrated portrait of Karl Marx (6:32). Illustrated portrait of Lenin (6:37). Illustrated portrait of Stalin (6:50). Illustrated portrait of Khrushchev(6:58). Philbrick stands besides map points to Laos (7:28). Philbrick stands next to larger map of Laos, discusses facts and figures (7:45). Peasant men sit squatted in a field (8:14). Woman walks through busy market caring pole with water buckets on either end (8:16). Return to map - why Laos is strategic holding for “the Reds,” puts them on the path to conquering Philippines, Singapore (8:33). Lenin quote overlaid illustrated portrait (10:02). Philbrick sits in armchair and holds up his novel “I Led 3 Lives,” details how he became involved with Communist movement (10:58). Woman peaks head out of window from tenement-style building perhaps in Europe - camera pans her view of junk yard, shanty town (11:46). Young boy and girl walk along trash ridden cobble-stone street (12:06). Pro-4 Group: Frederick Vanderbilt Field, Corliss Lamont, Martha Dodd Stern (12:38). Fidel Castro speaks to room of soldiers (12:56). Philbrick sits at desk points to animation of word “AGITPROP” floating near his head (14:20). Portrait of businessman, head replaced with monkey, then robot to represent Communist propaganda machine (14:45). Components of perhaps 1960s IBM Mainframe computer, compared to portrait of businessmen analogy of human computer system - the brain (15:22). Philbrick sits at desk, speaks to camera, closing words (17:02). We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! See something interesting? Tell people what it is and what they can see by writing something for example: “01:00:12:00 -- President Roosevelt is seen meeting with Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference.“ This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit
