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In our long history, Thailand has been a happy and wealthy nation. From time to time the Thai nation has faced danger from beyond its borders, but because of our unity and courage in the dark hours, we have come through safely. But now a new peril greater than ever before faces the Thai nation. This peril is the aggression of Communism." This historical documentary provides an overview of Communist aggression in Thailand and the misery it has brought....
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This lesson warns its viewers to resist communism after explaining how it is actively trying to destroy all capitalist nations, succeeding through the promotion of socialism in Europe. It explains communism's concepts of "Dialectical Materialism, Economic Determinism, and Atheism" from the perspective of the threats that they pose to capitalism.
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This classic episode of The Big Picture, the U.S. Army's television series, gives a firsthand report on the U.S. Military Assistance Program in Iran. Narrated by Mike Wallace, this video from the National Archives and Records Administration is an exciting and informative documentary of a nation on guard against communist aggression in the strategically important Middle East. Aided by modern American weapons and advice, the armed forces of Iran make...
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It may seem unthinkable to older viewers, but for an emerging generation of young adults the Cold War is little more than an abstract historical concept. Its impact on Eastern European society becomes vivid and concrete, however, when those who experienced it firsthand are given a chance to speak. In this film, citizens of Poland, the Czech Republic, and what was once East Germany describe life under post-war Communism and offer candid assessments...
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This program covers the following topics: intellectuals and the new models like communist Cuba; birth of the Maoist intellectual, with Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir distributing Maoist tracts in the street; the revolutions in Iran and Cambodia, whose excesses led the intellectuals to a new cause - human rights; the death of Sartre; and the death of Chinese support for communism, as seen at Tiananmen Square.
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In the 1950s, American journalist and author, Edgar Snow, along his wife, Lois Wheeler, were suspected of being communist sympathizers because of Snow's lifelong passion for China. The couple was blacklisted and fled to a new life in Switzerland. In this documentary, Lois Wheeler, now 90 years old, recounts Snow's accomplishments including being the first American to interview Chairman Mao Zedong and relives memories of a life slowly poisoned by the...
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When, due to the well-meaning fears of parents, a high school social studies teacher is charged with teaching communism, she explains why she teaches about communism and why she believes it important that students know the facts about subjects they discuss in current event.
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This episode of the U.S. Army's The Big Picture television series stars famed personalities who discuss the conflict between the democratic and communistic philosophies. Some of the personalities shown in this video from the National Archives and Records Administration include Hanson Baldwin, Edward R. Murrow, Helen Hayes, Lowell Thomas, Frank McGee, and John Wayne.