NORTH KOREAN BRAINWASHING DURING KOREAN WAR with RONALD REAGAN 86774

Support Our Channel : Made just after the Korean War and directed by Robert Cashy, this rarely seen film entitled THE ULTIMATE WEAPON presents Ronald Reagan as narrator and host, speaking about the alleged brainwashing of American prisoners of war. Similar in some ways to the plot of “The Manchurian Candidate“, the film posits the question, “What can be done in my community to stop the growth of socialism and communism?“ The film illustrates how a lack of moral fiber can lead average American astray. The film was produced by the somewhat mysterious group Film Consultants of California, apparently in an effort to back an anti-communist campaign that was part of the Red Scare. The back story on this film is that during the Korean War (1950-1953), some American prisoners of war cooperated with their Chinese captors, even in a few cases defecting to the enemy side. British radio operator Robert W. Ford and British army Colonel Ja