propaganda film

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propaganda
noun[U]
uk
/ˌprɒp.əˈɡæn.də/us
/ˌprɑː.pəˈɡæn.də/
information, ideas, opinions, or images, often only giving one part of an argument, that are broadcast, published, or in some other way spread with the intention of influencing ...
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film
noun
uk
/fɪlm/us
/fɪlm/
mainly UK
a series of moving pictures, usually shown in a cinema or on television and often telling ...
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(Definition ofpropagandaandfilmfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It is apropagandafilmfrom a pressure group which has been named.
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This was not apropagandafilm; it was shown in order to give us an idea of what the play is like.
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He was also involved in writing apropagandafilmto assist the war effort but the war ended before the film could be completed.
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A shortpropagandafilmwas created to supplement the exhibition.
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Thepropagandafilmwas only screened to journalists and high ranking communist officials before being buried beneath government files.
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As the first very strong woman player in her country, she was chosen to be the subject of apropagandafilm.
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This series is considered a highlight of thepropagandafilmgenre.
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It was apropagandafilmabout this new industrial city.
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Thepropagandafilmwas distributed uncredited to newsreel companies, who would supply their own narration.
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It was intended as apropagandafilmand was released in 1942.
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They are shown the video of their investigation, which includes none of their footage; instead it has been turned into apropagandafilmfeaturing the police.
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In fact, these comedies may have ' subverted ' propaganda films appearing in the same billing.
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Other propaganda films, issued at intervals through commercial renters, vary from 2,000 to 5,000 feet.
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Films which stated a position about a social issue were usually labeled either propaganda films or preachment yarns.
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Is it not most unhelpful to the country to have these propaganda films screened by these public television companies?
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The television propaganda films and the posters are effective and have punch.
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The company's initial purpose was to make short propaganda films for the wartime government.
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The negative reaction of men towards the female recruits was addressed in propaganda films.
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