UNITED STATES · 1944
Hell Bent for Election
Classical Hollywood
political propaganda
presidential election
world war ii era politics
anthropomorphic allegory
partisan campaign
Synopsis
A full-blown re-election piece for President Franklin Delano Roosevelt at the expense of Republican presidential candidate Thomas Dewey. Roosevelt is depicted as a streamlined diesel express train in a race against Dewey, a worn-out steam train. The public is admonished to "get behind the president and stay the course to victory."
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