# Interesting Political Film from the 40s, Strangely Relevant Today

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**Created:** [January 13, 2018, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-political-film-from-the-40s-strangely-relevant-today/806501 "2018-01-13T02:06:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![OldOlds](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a3d4f5/32.png) [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2018, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-political-film-from-the-40s-strangely-relevant-today/806501/1 "2018-01-13T02:06:40Z")

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Hi Everyone

I wasn’t sure what forum to put this in. While wasting time on YouTube, I came across this old anti-fascist video from the late 40s.

At first it was just one of those ham-fisted cheesey mid century government films. But at about 2:15 it suddenly felt just a little too apropos to the current political climate and I found myself marveling that the government used to actively stand against this sort of thing:

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/8K6-cEAJZlE/hqdefault.jpg "Post-WW2 Anti-Fascist Educational Film | Don't Be a Sucker | 1947") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8K6-cEAJZlE)

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**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2018, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-political-film-from-the-40s-strangely-relevant-today/806501/2 "2018-01-13T03:57:22Z")

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Blazing Saddles now seems to have been capable of remarkable prescience:

[https://youtu.be/W2beJKmdbgs](https://youtu.be/W2beJKmdbgs)