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Of course, it wasn't the first time
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Theaters of War

Of course, it wasn't the first time

Of course, it wasn't the first time

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Of course, it wasn't the first time.
Duration
5 seconds
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23
Timestamp in Movie
00:01:13
Uploaded
Apr 29, 2025
Genres
documentary, history
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Movie Summary

If you've seen Top Gun or Transformers, you might suspect all that military machinery comes with strings attached. This influence is not limited to a handful of movies, though. A vast new trove of internal documents reveals that t...
ROGER STAHL: You may not remember the original film - Theaters of War 00:08
ROGER STAHL: You may not remember the original film
The office that supplied all those aircraft carriers - Theaters of War 00:07
The office that supplied all those aircraft carriers
The film completed rehabilitation - Theaters of War 00:07
The film completed rehabilitation
ROGER STAHL: You might wonder how often they do this - Theaters of War 00:06
ROGER STAHL: You might wonder how often they do this
[MUSIC PLAYING] - Theaters of War 00:13
[MUSIC PLAYING]
ROGER STAHL: Propaganda, I've been - Theaters of War 00:07
ROGER STAHL: Propaganda, I've been
I knew that the DOD had an office for helping with movies. - Theaters of War 00:04
I knew that the DOD had an office for helping with movies.
It might as well have been a broom closet locked up - Theaters of War 00:07
It might as well have been a broom closet locked up
Then documents started to get out, some real revelations. - Theaters of War 00:05
Then documents started to get out, some real revelations.
The paper trail led me to a couple of British researchers - Theaters of War 00:07
The paper trail led me to a couple of British researchers
But they were delivering thousands of pages, eye popping - Theaters of War 00:06
But they were delivering thousands of pages, eye popping
These are some of the US Army script - Theaters of War 00:07
These are some of the US Army script
ROGER STAHL: When that door blew open, - Theaters of War 00:08
ROGER STAHL: When that door blew open,
But this journey was just getting started. - Theaters of War 00:04
But this journey was just getting started.
TRICIA JENKINS: The Pentagon is powerful in the film and TV industry - Theaters of War 00:06
TRICIA JENKINS: The Pentagon is powerful in the film and TV...
MATTHEW ALFORD: That is going to give them rights, usually contracted - Theaters of War 00:07
MATTHEW ALFORD: That is going to give them rights, usually...
TANNER MIRRLEES: But this is more insidious than actually sort of state - Theaters of War 00:06
TANNER MIRRLEES: But this is more insidious than actually...
Because it passes off as just entertainment. - Theaters of War 00:04
Because it passes off as just entertainment.
TRICIA JENKINS: And that's when propaganda is the most effective. - Theaters of War 00:04
TRICIA JENKINS: And that's when propaganda is the most...
You're a little bit more open to incorporating those ideas, - Theaters of War 00:07
You're a little bit more open to incorporating those...