Wwii War Dept. Anti-Fascist, Anti-Prejudice Film "Don't Be a Sucker" Tolerance 11194 (1943)

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This black & white educational film was made to educate viewers about prejudice and discrimination. It was released twice, in 1943 and 1947. This has a copyright of 1947. Opening titles: War Dept Educational Film - DON'T BE A SUCKER (:07-:19). Henry rides on a train with three men, they play cards. Joe plays around on his wife with another woman. As Joe leaves the bar with the other woman, a guy knocks out Joe and he and the lady go through the pockets of the unconscious Joe. A man watches a street game (:20-1:22). Mike rides on a train. Factories, cities, lots of people. People work on a farm, factory smokestacks, people walk around the city, go to church, boys play baseball. Different churches. People at the dock. Mike walks around the city and wanders by a guy who talks about what's wrong with America, racist talk as people listen. The man talks negatively about African Americans and Foreigners, he also mentions how Freemasons are bad and Mike is a Freemason so that comment affects him. A Hungarian man explains to Mike how this type of talk can rally people and how it is bad that this kind of thinking is followed - he's seen it before in Germany, in the past with the Nazis. The Hungarian explains how rhetoric like this allowed the Nazis to rise to power and how the Nazi party rallied people through hate and prejudice. A Nazi talks about how the Jews and the Catholics are bad as are the free masons (1:23-7:38). His story continues and Hans, a pure German, fell for the…

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17 minutes

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Ephemeral Films

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