Yankee Go Home Communist Propaganda (1950)

In this film George V Allen the first director of the United States Information Agency USIA explains the purpose of his organization and the ways he hopes to counter anti American propaganda in the popular media particularly in motion pictures Segments from various Soviet documentary and feature films are examined and highlights include footage of an international youth festival in Moscow Stadium and scenes from Grigori Alexandrovs film Meeting on the Elbe which depicts American troops meeting their Soviet counterparts at the Elbe River bridge Also included are segments from the Soviet feature film The Partisan and the Cannes Festival awardwinning film The Forty First