How WWI Changed America: Selling the War

To influence public opinion in favor of the war, the U.S produced films, commissioned colorful posters, published pamphlets and recruited everyday Americans to “sell the war.” These efforts helped create both modern American wartime propaganda and spurred the 20th century advertising industry.

This video is made possible by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and is a partnership of the U.S. World War One Centennial Commission, the Doughboy Foundation and the National WWI Museum and Memorial as part of the teaching and learning resources of “How WWI Changed America.”

[Naatti]

How in the hell does this video only have 171 views WTF!? This is still super current.

[fife]

Caught you in 4k checking the comment in history class.

[AMINE-yyzb]

Very good snippet of this history. Thanks

[GarrettHoward]

lol, i feel like this video will get recommended to lots of people in a few years.






oh yeah here for class work lol

[martincook]

Many of the Measures that went on in America were the same as in Great Britain

[criss]

May we resist the next draft brothers and sisters don't fight another mans war, especially when that man does not care about you at all.

[BazookaTooth]

Is Creal on par with Edward Bernays or more important?

[RiceCooker-san]

i was supposed to watch this in class but i fell asleep so here i am

[_chillz]

Caught y’all on 4k HD 😂 in history class right now aren’t u?

[Ralphieboy]

The (unintended?) side effect was that German language and culture in America were greatly suppressed and all but disappeared over broad areas.

[webstercat]

When did propaganda stop? Who were the ones that stopped this evil? Asking for a friend….

[AP-dhtb]

4 years after the creation of the federal reserve system.

[masterofrockets]

3:50 Americans supported the war. or else....

[germaniatv]

Viewpoint: 1917, Pogrom of German-America.

[CosmoShidan]

Dammit Wilson, ya have to ruin the world before your satisfied.

[freemann]

do this sounds something of invalid cops and invalid politics by those hired in congress

[triztinjharzyleviloria]

Who else here because of ms.mahan?? LMAOO

[spinn..]

Im pretty sure everyone is here because of online classes

[ArmandCury]

I never understood how etnical Germans, ethnical Irish and ethical Celts and their descendants in general living in USA could kowtow to a horrible war and attack the right side.
Staying at the side of France and Britain is so terrible. Even more terrible if you see the cruelty that Irish and Germans suffered and how much those groups helped US to grow.

[dominique]

important information regarding the participation of the USA. the First World War was already won by France and the United Kingdom before the US troops entered the campaign
The facts even show that the entry into the war of the United States poses more embarrassment than anything else. Because the men sent to "help" arrive without any correct equipment (no helmets, no heavy weapons, no tanks, few trucks, no planes, no machine guns etc). It was therefore necessary that France and the United Kingdom make an additional effort to decently equip the Sammies and offer them a small chance not to be swept from the battlefield (where they will nevertheless suffer colossal losses for their low participation)
When Germany launched its last offensives which exhausted its resources at the beginning of 1918, there were hardly any US troops participating.
Nor can we find any US troops helping to collapse Bulgaria, the Ottoman Empire and Austria-Hungary during the Franchet d'Esperey offensive from Salonika.
In short, the USA played a very minor role during the First World War (which greatly displeased them given the relentless attempts to rewrite history on their part)