Why Watch? Televised political ads were something of a revolution in their time and a necessary evil today, but decades before TV swept the nation, political ads were often made as short films. The first known motion picture political ad came during the heated 1912 election fight between Woodrow Wilson and Howard Taft. Wilson was the challenger who came from a divided Democratic Party (he didn’t earn the nomination until the 46th ballot of the convention) promising smaller government and to fight monopolies. Here, in The Old Way and the New, the theme of the story is that Taft – shown as a literal fat cat – is a slave of the interests while Wilson is a servant of the little man. What will it cost you? Only 8 minutes. Skip work. Watch more short films.
- 8/28/2012
- by Cole Abaius
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
He wrote 18 books, one of which is still required reading at the Us Naval Academy. He graduated from Harvard and attended Columbia Law School. He earned both the Medal of Honor and the Nobel Peace Prize. He went on a massive safari in Africa and a fact finding expedition in South America... both after his left retina had been detached in a boxing accident years earlier, leaving him blind in one eye. His face is carved into the side of a mountain. He was shot in the chest and rather than go to the hospital, proceeded to give a 90 minute speech with blood soaking the front of his clothes. One of the most popular toys in the world is named after him. Oh yea, he was also governor of New York, President of the United States and head of the most successful third party in all of American history.
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- 3/1/2011
- by Tamatha Uhmelmahaye
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