The Grand Design: A Lecture on U.S. Foreign Policy (Reel 2) (sound)

Complete Record: Description: Content warning: This film contains graphic still images of violent death and disfigurement of humans, as well as an outdated and offensive term for multiracial people in the spoken narration. A filmed lecture detailing the US political right's version of The Grand Design foreign policy. Its author and narrator G. Edward Griffin advocates for the international defeat of Communism. From accompanying pamphlet: "...a lecture delivered by Mr. G. Edward Griffin and recorded on motion picture film on August 22, 1968." G. Edward Griffin on Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G._Edward_Griffin accessed on 2024-04-10 Reel 2 of 2; see item 200767 for Reel 2 Reuse Statement: For information on reusing Prelinger Archives footage and obtaining written usage agreements, please visit www.prelinger.com. Subjects: Politics and government, Communism, Nuclear weapons, Cold War, War, 1960s Tags: family rooms; console televisions; potted plants; bookshelves; wedding rings; wood paneling; audiences; reaction shots; living room lectures; lecterns; Lenin; Mao Zedong; scare tactics; guerrilla groups; Cuban Revolution; Fidel Castro; infiltration; propaganda; motion pictures; popular media; two-camera shoots; psychological warfare; psychological weapons; nuclear threats; Soviets; Let There Be a World by Felix Greene; Communist bookstores; Progressive Bookshop Los Angeles; story times; anti-intellectualism; mushroom clouds; Hiroshima; terrorists; conspiracy theories; Lest We Forget! government pamphlet; brochures; forced labor camps; On the Morning of March 15 pamphlet; Angola; appeals to women's emotions; sensationalism; violent death; "peace propaganda"; weapons of mass destruction; Grand Design for Victory; United Nations; disarmament; arms races; World War III; WWIII; total war; victory over Communism; escalation; Southeast Asia; "Red China"; "Communist Slavery"; Communist regimes; G. Edward Griffin; Hungary; Soviet Union; land of the free and home of the brave; Americans; "challenge of our time"; obligations of citizenship; applause; rhetoric; argumentation; rightwing; anti-Communism Film Sponsor: Creator: G. Edward Griffin Credits: Distributor: Contributor: Prelinger Archives Source Collection: Delaware County Committee on Patriotism Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive Production Date: 1968-08-22 Release Date: Geographical Location: USA Genre/Form: feature, activist, documentary Language: eng Rights: Film Format: 16mm film Element: print Color: b&w Color Process: Sound or Silent: sound Film Soundtrack Type: variable area Edge Code: plus Frame Rate: 24 fps Length (feet): 1312