Red Nightmare (1957)

Directed by

George Waggner

Genre

propaganda film

Country

United States

Runtime

29 min

Rated

NR

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man wakes up to find his town taken over by communists and must resist their control. The film is a Cold War educational short warning viewers about the dangers of communism.

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What happens

Red Nightmare is the best-known title of the 1962 Armed Forces Information Film (AFIF) 120, Freedom and You. Produced for and financed by the Department of Defense, the short film served as an anti-communist informational piece during the Cold War. It was later released on American television and distributed to schools under the title Red Nightmare. The film is a Cold War-era drama short subject directed by George Waggner, narrated by Jack Webb and starring Jack Kelly and Jeanne Cooper. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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