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Of course. All countries use "crisis" actors to either get sympathy or to convince people they are stomping the other side. I think most people don't realize how common propaganda clips are in war. ISIS filmed clips. WW2 had all sorts of "war scenes". It's easier and safer to hire crisis actors to act out a scene that will move public opinion than to try and film in an actual war zone.
Most of what we saw of past wars on TV was the staged version. Real soldiers saw the combat, but you can't run a take again when actual bullets are flying. It makes sense why most countries would prefer just to use crisis actors to get the scenes they need.
I've just never seen them be this damn obvious before. This is some of the worst crisis acting propaganda I've ever seen. ISIS did better than this. Heck, the Taliban was better with their ice cream.
I’ve seen real footage when ships were bombarding islands before marines landed. The movie 12 ‘O Clock High has real footage of dogfighting and bombers going down. Most from documentaries of WWII I’ve watched, unless they stage Japanese jumping off cliffs in Saipan etc. I don’t recall acting or staging. When they put up the 🇺🇸 on Mount Suribachi the first time (not the famous one) maybe they asked the marines to do it again, but I don’t think they were actors. Could you give me an example of it in WWII? I don’t doubt you at all, I’m very curious because acting and staging during war to capture on film is a new concept for me. I’ve watched thousands of hours of footage or movies of footage of WWII. My father was from the Black Panthers 66th Div. He married a Japanese war bride, but died when I was 13 and I’ve been fascinated by what they experienced. Thanks
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/goebbels-propaganda/
They actually had professional directors produce these clips and would show them to the populace. They filmed "war scenes". The Japanese actually hired the famed director Akira Kurosawa to film battle scenes for them to show to their citizens. The problem with Japanese propaganda was it was too fair to both sides.
This clip is full of scenes enacted for the camera. They are made to look like they are filmed on a battlefield at times, but that would be dangerous so they only re-act it. Several of the ones in this clip are probably actual soldiers but they are told what to do. You want them to look good on camera. You have a message.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzDHEJoE1ao
Do you really want to send reporters on the ground to get close to the tank when the enemy could shoot them? Getting good shots means getting up close. It's safer to just just stage a "deployment". One of many examples of this is in this clip.
The point of propaganda clips are either to show your side stomping on the enemy, too powerful to be defeated (huge number of troops), or to demoralize your enemy (show their troops surrendering) ect. It was a lot harder to get those moments back in the day. So they filmed it.
There are many practical reasons to just film what you need rather than try to send a professional crew into a warzone full of bullets and bombs. The propaganda has a big effect on public opinion. So you want to get "good" stuff, but trying to do a real documentary of war-weary troops is unrealistic. Do you really want to go up to actual civilian's child who got shot through the arm and say "hey can your injured child pose for us outside. It'll probably make Time Magazine!"
No, it'd be crazy. Easier just to put some blood and bandages on a healthy kid and film the shots, then tell everyone they are a victim of the violence. It sways the public whether real or not.
Even if its based on real events it could take a long time to get any actual footage out of the battle (that can be used for history books), but propaganda needs the images NOW. So many just film what they need and show that to the publlic.
Thanks for links. You’ve given me a lot to think about.