Hollywood Propaganda: The Glorification of War by the Film Industry

Since the beginning of the history of mankind, war has always existed. Likewise, since the beginning of the film industry war movies have always existed. As with most other types of movies, war movies are made as a form of entertainment to benefit individuals or organizations. More and more people are willing to spend money and time on actions, excitement, heroism, patriotism feelings, not the terrible and horrible images of real and generic human destruction. The government has been using propaganda for a long time, and when the movie was screened, the government saw new media as an opportunity to influence the public almost immediately. Government like the United States is cooperating with the film industry ... Read more

Our society praises and respects these heroic acts. A soldier tried to rescue a collapsed fellow, but not only failed but lost his life in the process. Another hero and courageous action eliminate a very big threat. This behavior occurred in the rescue of the soldier Ryan when a small group of soldiers disabled the team and the enemy soldier group associated with it using teamwork and originality. This situation can be seen in many movies starring American soldiers. As they are well trained and can think for themselves about improvisation and weapons, this movie tends to portray American soldiers overcome their enemies spritly. The message it tells the audience is that American soldiers are better than soldiers in any other country, and American soldiers are more likely to live in war. The press usually refers to the death of a soldier in the United States when they are bombed by a car or when the defense capacity like a hidden improvised explosive device (often called an improvising explosive device) Because it does not have. When killed this has led to the perception that the number of victims in the US is always relatively low and the United States can tolerate war in order for the United States to always win. This concept coupled with the American heroism and the value of courage made it possible for people to join the army.

When discussing the role of mass media in the American advertising war, Hollywood's role as well as of course. During the war, Hollywood has produced many war related movies like the target, Myanmar! , The bridge of the Kwai River, the story of G.I. Joe, where do we serve? Several documentaries were also produced at this time. Among them, Frank Coupla's "Why We Fight" series is the most famous. Capra is known for his movie like "Good Life", Mr. Smith travels to Washington, and as the military personnel create a series of movies to monitor and learn various learning as troops in order I was asked. The tool, not America, "knows its enemies." Coupler's main goal is to unite the American people by "winning the war and winning peace" (Dower) 16)

Like all other American industries, the film industry has responded to World War II, raised productivity, and created a new wave of wartime photos. During the war, Hollywood was the main cause of American patriotism through publicity, documentary, production of educational photographs and the general perception of wartime needs. In 1946, the number of attendees at the theater and gross profit recorded a record high. The 1950s was an era of great changes in American culture and around the world. In the postwar United States, ordinary families became wealthy, new social trends, progress of music, prosperity of popular culture, especially the introduction of television was born. Estimated 10 million households owned television by 1950.

The attendance rate of the theater was the highest ever in 1946 and proved to be the most profitable year in Hollywood for ten years. For the United States, the propaganda organization coordinating action with the movie industry is the War Information Bureau. Agencies work with movie makers to record and film the wartime activities while standardizing their content. Government agencies are striving to show war in positive ways like soldier's madness and photos of casualties and seek to review negative content; pictures of American casualties banned publication before 1943 It has been