Why We Fight The Why We Fight Series was a series of films produced by Frank Capra in 1942 for the Department of War. The videos were used to train new incoming military recruits and get them excited for the war. The movies showed army recruits as well as American public the history of many different historical wars and used them to show what the United States could gain from joining World War II.
The series pretended to inform the American public, but they were really trying to change the citizens’ mind and behavior. The Why We Fight series is a perfect example of grey propaganda. It contains “transmission of information or ideas that might or might not be false and information that is simply passed on, no attempt is made to determine validity.” (Jowett & O’Donnell, 2015). The video is an ad for America in World War II. The purpose of this propaganda film …show more content…
The Battle of Russia, shows watered down version of battle between Russia and the Nazi Germany army. He uses vivid appeals such as images of people being bombed on camera, videos of starving and hurt children from newsreels and movies. After the Russians were attacks by Nazi Germany. He uses fear appeal by making Russia look weak and defenseless. The idea the director is trying to send is to be prepared to go to war at anytime because we can end up like Russia. He is giving you something to be afraid of and presenting a solution. It is emotionally interesting, immediate, concrete and imagery provoking. (Jowett & O’Donnell, 2015). The film shows America what a country can accomplish when it decides to come together for a common cause. This is successful because it grabs the audience’s attention, it makes the losses in the battle of Russia real, more concrete and personal, which allows the to be message more memorable. We feel as if we know close to the people that were
The series pretended to inform the American public, but they were really trying to change the citizens’ mind and behavior. The Why We Fight series is a perfect example of grey propaganda. It contains “transmission of information or ideas that might or might not be false and information that is simply passed on, no attempt is made to determine validity.” (Jowett & O’Donnell, 2015). The video is an ad for America in World War II. The purpose of this propaganda film …show more content…
The Battle of Russia, shows watered down version of battle between Russia and the Nazi Germany army. He uses vivid appeals such as images of people being bombed on camera, videos of starving and hurt children from newsreels and movies. After the Russians were attacks by Nazi Germany. He uses fear appeal by making Russia look weak and defenseless. The idea the director is trying to send is to be prepared to go to war at anytime because we can end up like Russia. He is giving you something to be afraid of and presenting a solution. It is emotionally interesting, immediate, concrete and imagery provoking. (Jowett & O’Donnell, 2015). The film shows America what a country can accomplish when it decides to come together for a common cause. This is successful because it grabs the audience’s attention, it makes the losses in the battle of Russia real, more concrete and personal, which allows the to be message more memorable. We feel as if we know close to the people that were