Our Secret Century Vol 2 - Capitalist Realism

"Hilarious, disturbing, and immensely revealing, these archival films are irresistible. Delving beyond their campy charm, Our Secret Century considers these 'national home movies' for what they really are: odes to an idealized national identity fabricated by the corporations, institutions, and government who made them and whose purposes they served. Beautifully presented, the films are organized around provocative themes . . . Capitalist Realism (volume two) Borrowing heavily from heroic Soviet imagery, two of these three black-and-white industrial films of the '30s attempt to humanize the face of mass production." -- from Voyager