Korea - The Summer Storm Of 1950      

This video was produced with footage from the Army Signal Corps. It gives an overview of the early days of the Korean War, during a period that the on screen commentator calls the "Summer Storm Of 1950." It's typical of the kind of movies produced by our government back then, to help Americans understand what was going on in Korea. Some might call them informative, others propaganda... whatever they were, they helped everyone understand what the government was thinking, whether they agreed with it or not.

Today videos like this are no longer produced about the wars we enter... perhaps they should be. Strangely, countries like Australia still produce and sponsor TV shows intended to give the government's view on events it is involved in. Yes... it is propaganda of sorts... but no one is fooled by it, since everyone knows who produced the content to begin with. Still, it might be nice to know what our government is thinking on occasion, without having to read between the lines of statements made by self serving politicians.

 

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