The Selling of the Pentagon

Duration: 0:54:00

Year Published: 1971

Creator: Carousel Films Inc | Sun Dial Films

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Description: Presents some of the promotional public-relations activities of the Pentagon. Shows businessmen observing war games, officers on lecture tours, films available for rental, and sidewalk displays. Suggests that the money spent for this type of activity is far greater than is warranted in peace time., Focuses on the Pentagon's public relations activities, which cost millions of dollars annually.

Complete Record: , Part 1: A documentary film which focuses on several of the Pentagon's public relations efforts, while questioning the use of spending taxpayer dollars for what appear to be propaganda purposes, such as advocating the war in Vietnam. Part 2: Contains a rebuttal to the above controversial report. Features remarks by former Vice President Spiro Agnew, Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird and F. Edward Herbert, Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee. Richard Salant, President of CBS News, responds on behalf of the network. , Presents some of the promotional public-relations activities of the Pentagon. Shows businessmen observing war games, officers on lecture tours, films available for rental, and sidewalk displays. Suggests that the money spent for this type of activity is far greater than is warranted in peace time., Focuses on the Pentagon's public relations activities, which cost millions of dollars annually. NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.