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Much discussion about how Americans can feel free to speak openly without fear. stresses value of cooperation and independence. Most visuals are less than Hollywood-quality, though acceptable for most uses.
This movie is part of the collection: Prelinger Archives
Production Company: Frith Films
Audio/Visual: sound, color
Keywords: need keyword
Creative Commons license: Public Domain
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Reviewer: marianne333 - - April 7, 2007
Subject: hah
I was 1 years old when this film was made. I show these to my sons and they get such a kick out of them. Little did anyone know back then that in 2007 the USA would score 59th in literacy amongst developed countries.
Idealized, indeed, or what someone wanted people to think about themselves.
This is why the 60s happened.
Reviewer: ERD. - - March 1, 2007
Subject: Typical
This is a typical patriotic film that was shown to youngsters in the schools of the early 1950's when the fear of communism was escalated by Senator McCarthy. Of course it gives a very idealistic view of our country. However, I still agree that the United States is the greatest country in the world. I am very proud to have been born here.
Reviewer: Spuzz - - September 5, 2005
Subject: You can't play badminton outside of the USA.
Never knew that Frith Films also made subtle (well not really) anti-commie films, but here it is! An exploration of essentially what you can do and what you're not allowed to do outside of the USA. Typical things like "In the US, people are not afraid of police officers!" and "People are allowed to talk about politics" to the very very strange "In other countries, people don't have cars to go to work", "They don't have ovens". Also, there is a rather curious indirect showcase of what people can do in America. What I mean by this is that the narrator tells us that a family plays in the back yard in the sandbox, the way he says this implied that such a behavior is not common in "other countries". Same thing goes with the badminton game. Very very odd.
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