During the Second World War, the United States created the Office of War Information (OWI) to connect the battlefront and civilian communities and had a unit dedicated exclusively to Hollywood which “revised or discarded anything that portrayed the U.S.
Holy - I’m a huge fan of military movies (American Sniper and Captain Phillips are my favourites). I had no idea the DoD was involved in the making of many movies in this genre - this knowledge will definitely make me cautious of believing everything portrayed in the films! Thanks Sasha for this info!
Holy - I’m a huge fan of military movies (American Sniper and Captain Phillips are my favourites). I had no idea the DoD was involved in the making of many movies in this genre - this knowledge will definitely make me cautious of believing everything portrayed in the films! Thanks Sasha for this info!