The CIA covertly funded and helped produce the 1954 animated film adaptation of George Orwell’s Animal Farm. As a Cold War propaganda tool, the agency bought the rights from Orwell’s widow, hired a British studio to hide U.S. involvement, and changed the story’s ending to promote an anti-communist message.
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The CIA covertly funded and helped produce the 1954 animated film adaptation of George Orwell’s Animal Farm. As a Cold War propaganda tool, the agency bought the rights from Orwell’s widow, hired a British studio to hide U.S. involvement, and changed the story’s ending to promote an anti-communist message.
I’m pretty sure I watched that in school as a kid
Everyone did. Reagan practically mandated it