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== Real Life ==
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* [[Nazi Germany]] and Joseph Goebbels in particular.
* American post-war propaganda and "mental hygiene films" were directly inspired by the Nazi use of cinema, a great volume of which was produced by the military<ref>No exaggeration; This Troper's grandfather was a filmmaker for the US Marines, and subjected him to over eight hours of his work throughout the decades.</ref> They reasoned that it could, and should, be used for indoctrination of pro-American values of the time. Of course, this was when film was still going through its [[New Media Are Evil]] phase, and there was much more belief in cinema's power over people's minds. [[PSA]]s are descended from the early American Propaganda Machine.
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