# Were any more installments ever made of the WWII propaganda film "Know Your Ally"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 21, 2015, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-any-more-installments-ever-made-of-the-wwii-propaganda-film-know-your-ally/732064 "2015-09-21T03:16:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-any-more-installments-ever-made-of-the-wwii-propaganda-film-know-your-ally/732064/1 "2015-09-21T03:16:10Z")
[I have found only this one](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrH77D3fiuk), made by the U.S. War Department, which strives to explain the British to the Americans, and begins by announcing that is the first in a series of “Know Your Ally” and “Know Your Enemy” films. It was made in 1944, so perhaps the war ended before any more could be made – which would be a pity (not a pity that the war ended in 1945, but you know what I mean), as I’d really like to see how the War Department of that period would have explained the Soviets. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-any-more-installments-ever-made-of-the-wwii-propaganda-film-know-your-ally/732064/2 "2015-09-21T03:21:51Z")
It looks [like](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1128215/trivia?ref_=tt_ql_2) the only other film made in the series was **Know Your Enemy - Japan**. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-any-more-installments-ever-made-of-the-wwii-propaganda-film-know-your-ally/732064/3 "2015-09-21T04:00:37Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > . . . I’d really like to see how the War Department of that period would have explained the Soviets. Actually, it did, in [_Why We Fight: The Battle for Russia,_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONxRYd28u7s&index=5&list=PLue4rhsHxp6-h5AO9Az-gdo7sq_m5roBm) fifth installment in that series – but, that film completely avoids any discussion of Marxism or Communism or Stalinism, does not even mention any of those words – and a more focused “Know Your Ally” film would have had to. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-any-more-installments-ever-made-of-the-wwii-propaganda-film-know-your-ally/732064/4 "2015-09-21T04:20:53Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > I’d really like to see how the War Department of that period would have explained the Soviets. Watch **this movie** , pure wartime propaganda: [http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2gi341](http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2gi341) It’s a hoot and a holler! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-any-more-installments-ever-made-of-the-wwii-propaganda-film-know-your-ally/732064/5 "2015-09-21T04:55:54Z")
Sorry, can’t. Needs CC. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-any-more-installments-ever-made-of-the-wwii-propaganda-film-know-your-ally/732064/6 "2015-09-21T05:32:33Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Sorry, can’t. Needs CC. It’s _ **Mission to Moscow** _, a semi-documentary (1943). Here’s another feature film, on YouTube: Oh, all those happy peasants down on the \*kolkhoz\*...! :o ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-any-more-installments-ever-made-of-the-wwii-propaganda-film-know-your-ally/732064/7 "2015-09-21T05:38:32Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Sorry, can’t. Needs CC. Try **this link:** > **[watchfree.to - watchfree Resources and Information.](http://www.watchfree.to/watch-29f157-Mission-to-Moscow-movie-online-free-putlocker.html#close-modal)** > > watchfree.to is your first and best source for all of the information you’re looking for. From general topics to more of what you would expect to find here, watchfree.to has it all. We hope you find what you are searching for! ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-any-more-installments-ever-made-of-the-wwii-propaganda-film-know-your-ally/732064/8 "2015-09-21T13:44:06Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Actually, it did, in [_Why We Fight: The Battle for Russia,_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONxRYd28u7s&index=5&list=PLue4rhsHxp6-h5AO9Az-gdo7sq_m5roBm) fifth installment in that series – but, that film completely avoids any discussion of Marxism or Communism or Stalinism, does not even mention any of those words – and a more focused “Know Your Ally” film would have had to. _[Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Battle_of_Britain)_ is in a similar vein. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-any-more-installments-ever-made-of-the-wwii-propaganda-film-know-your-ally/732064/9 "2015-09-21T15:42:29Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Watch **this movie** , pure wartime propaganda: > > [http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2gi341](http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2gi341) > > It’s a hoot and a holler! 😃 [After the war, however:](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/MissionToMoscow) > [@](#): > > A few years after its release, the Cold War arrived and _Mission to Moscow_ became an Old Shame for all involved. Warner Bros. argued that the film had been an “expedient lie” to help the war effort along and that it had never been meant for posterity. The House Un-American Activities Committee wasn’t buying it, so Warner Bros. threw screenwriter Howard Koch to the wolves. Even though he had written the film under contract and had never belonged to the Communist Party, Koch was subsequently put on The Hollywood Blacklist. Since the Red Scare, the movie has largely faded into obscurity, and it’s now remembered as one of the all-time Unintentional Period Pieces. Sometimes it’s shown, not without controversy, on Turner Classic Movies.