Section A: Survey Design This survey focuses on the ability of leaders to appeal to human emotion through propaganda. Propaganda became especially prevalent in the United States of America during the Second Red Scare between 1947 and 1954. Propaganda contributed to the infiltration of anti-communist ideals. This review focuses specifically on the extent to which cinematic propaganda during this period influenced anticommunist hysteria. Films produced during the Cold War glorified American democracy and an assessment is underway of the impact of this glorification on society. The analysis highlights how these beliefs have seeped into all film genres, according to scholars of film propaganda and American politics. Several secondary sources are used to examine the cinematic propaganda produced during the era of McCarthyism and the anti-communist hysteria existing exclusively during this period. Section B: Summary of the Evidence As the United States emerged from World War II in 1945 and entered a period of tension with the Soviet Union caused by fear of the spread of communism, the country's distress grew. is moved to a new enemy. This hysteria became known as the Second Red Scare, which lasted from 1947 to 1954 and was started by Senator Joseph McCarthy. The House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) was used by McCarthy to accuse the media, government, educational institutions, and political enemies of communist antics (Gordon). In 1947, he claimed to have lists of citizens who should be persecuted for supporting the Communist Party. One of the groups attacked by the McCarthyists included Hollywood actors, screenwriters and directors. The first Hollywood blacklist was published on November 25, 19...... middle of newspaper...... wdus, Gary. The political companion to American cinema. Chicago, IL: Lake View, 1994. Print. Doherty, Thomas. "Hollywood Agit-Prop: The Anti-Communist Cycle, 1948-1954." Journal of Film and Video 40.4 (1988): 15-27. JSTOR. Internet. April 3, 2014. Gordon, Tom. "Second Red Scare: An Era Cold: American History." United States History: An Exploration of United States History. Northwestern Michigan College, 2010. Web. April 09, 2014. Hoberman, J. An Army of Ghosts: American Films and the Making of the Cold War. New York: New, 2011. Print.Navasky, Victor S. Naming Names. -Men and Celluloid Reds: The FBI's Search for Communist Propaganda in Wartime Hollywood." Politics and Cinema 20.4 (2008): 412-36. JSTOR. Internet. March 30, 2014. Schrecker, Ellen. Many crimes: McCarthyism in America: Boston: Little, Brown, 1998. Print..