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Why doesn't the U.S. government make those cool educational films anymore?
"How to Behave In Britain"
In addition to actors like Burgess Meredith they had talented illustrators like Chuck Jones.
And the usual propaganda films, this on Japan, educating us on our enemies. Except this was made with input from The Institute of Pacific Relations, a private group that was accused of being a front for disinfo, spies and Chinese Communist infiltrators.
The high point of the genre might be the docs made by the five famous directors, Capra, Ford, Wyler, Huston and Stevens, some who went into combat, to make propaganda films in support of the American war effort.
