Yankee Doodle Goes to Town (1939)
• June 17th, 1939 • 0h 11min
History, Drama
Overview
Made just before America would be forced into the Second World War, this short subject is a brief dramatized history of American democracy. It targets a perceived threat to democracy from board room and soapbox fascists who advocated a government based upon contemporaneous European models.
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