America's Critics Abroad

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At the height of the Cold War, this tidbit of propaganda was produced using ridiculously exaggerated caricatures of American types to instruct members of the U.S. armed services to avoid caricatures and normalize their representation of American culture. Includes stereotypes of leather toughs and seductive women, as well as actors performing in yellowface pretending as caricatures of subversive people of Asian heritage. Contemporary viewers are advised.

Intro segment only. Picture only. For soundtrack: see item 203179_Americas_Critics_Abroad_Opt_Trk

Armed Forces Information Film AFIF 137 [Motion picture] U.S. Dept. of Defense, 1965. Released by National Audiovisual Center. 20 min., sd. b&w 16mm. SUMMARY: Explains how to counter adverse criticism of the United States when abroad and how to reply to questions about American habits, attitudes, and policies. Points out the serviceman's responsibility to be accurately informed when representing the United States Government. Films and Other Materials for Projection, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 1973. https://archive.org/details/filmsothermateri1974librrich/page/20/ accessed on: 2024-01-24

Can states: ""AMERICA'S CRITICS ABROAD" / AFIF 137 / B/W B-WIND FGM"

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Internet Archive, in Prelinger Archives

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U.S. Department of Defense

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