Propaganda factory: Hollywood at the service of American politics

Watch more films about the US: Through the years, Hollywood has been the US government’s closest partner in furthering its political agenda. If national interests so required, American film studios were eager to rewrite history, portray former allies as enemies, promote unsavory political decisions and even blacklist its own actors and screenwriters for their views. A new facet of the dream factory comes to light. 00:00 - 2:20 - How Hollywood rewrites history 2:21 - 5:09 - Mission to Moscow 5:10 - 6:01 - The North Star 6:02 - 7:21- Hollywood and the Office of War Information 7:22 - 8:00 - Ronald Reagan in This is the Army 8:01 - 9:15 - Japan-bashing documentaries in wake of Pearl Harbour 9:16 - 11:10 - Soviet Union: A friend in need is a friend indeed 11:11 - 12:11 - Gregory Peck as a Soviet guerrilla leader in Days of Glory 12:12 - 13:24 - Pro-Soviet propaganda in the US, by the US 13:25 - 15:21