Red Nightmare is the best known title of Armed Forces Information Film 120, Freedom and You. It was meant to educate the U.S. armed forces about the nature of Communism. The film was later released to American television and as an educational film to American schools under the Red Nightmare title. The film is a Cold War-era drama short subject starring Jack Kelly and Jeanne Cooper. Red Nightmare was directed by George Waggner and narrated by Jack Webb. Though made for the Department of Defense it was shown on American television on Jack Webb's GE True in 1962. A man takes his American... freedoms for granted, until he wakes up one morning to find out that the United States Government has been replaced with a Communist system. The basis for this short film, narrated by Jack Webb, is the alleged Soviet re-creation of US communities for the purpose of training infiltrators, spies, and moles. The film begins in what looks like a typical American town. The camera moves back to reveal barbed wire, barricades, and soldiers in Soviet Army uniforms.
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| Release date: | 1962 |
| Directed by: | George Waggner |
| Runtime: | 25 Minutes |
| Producer: | Jack Webb |
| Music by: | William Lava, Howard Jackson |
| Genre: | Short Film |