Compare the American propaganda film to the German propaganda film during World War II and analyze the values ​​that each reflects about the respective country. Propaganda films deliberately attempt to convince or influence the viewer's opinions or behavior. Propaganda is defined as “ideas, facts, or allegations deliberately propagated to advance one’s cause or to harm an opposing cause.” During World War II, American propaganda film and German propaganda film had many similarities and differences, each reflecting the values ​​of… about the respective country. Although propaganda films served a variety of purposes during World War II, including those aimed at psychologically preparing and mobilizing the public for war and maintaining and strengthening morale during the war, rationing messages were attempted to enlist President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Office of War Information (OWI). considerable power over American film content, from script approval, final editing, and the ability to refuse an export license for a film. The main thing they did was ensure that the film portrayed an idealized image of a harmonious American society united in the fight against a common enemy and contributed to the war effort. The OWI was made up of many people, including some of America's most famous intellectuals, Elmer Davis, Robert Sherwood, and Archibald MacLeish, while Hitler's Propaganda Ministry and the Film Chamber were headed solely by Joseph Goebbels, who worked directly under Hitler and controlled every aspect. of the industry. This contrast clearly shows the difference between the American democratic style and the German dictatorship. The Reich Chamber of Culture, which focused on the creative arts and included the creation of "real" Nazi films, was much stricter than the OWI, with membership compulsory for anyone wishing to work in the creative arts. This meant that artists censored their own work, knowing that if they didn't, they would lose membership. Of the 1,094 films released between 1933 and 1945, only about 14 percent were overtly political, but no Hollywood film consistently glorified the exploits of the American soldier. After Pearl Harbor, the War Department asked Hollywood directors to make short documentaries that could be shown in theaters before the films shown. The creators often based it on a true story to show Americans what was at stake and give them a glimpse of what their soldiers were experiencing, while twisting aspects of the truth to stir up patriotic feelings. A perfect example is Wake Island (1942), a film that, although the documentary style and story of the Japanese assault on the American military garrison on Wake Island after the attack on Pearl Harbor seem true, it misrepresents the truth, describing the defenders fighting to the last man; when in reality, they surrendered after repelling the first wave of