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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">Samara Journal of Science</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">Samara Journal of Science</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Самарский научный вестник</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2309-4370</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2782-3016</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Samara State University of Social Sciences and Education</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">321469</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.55355/snv2022114207</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>Historical Sciences</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>Исторические науки</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">FBI film control activities and the «COMPIC» Program (1941–1943)</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Деятельность ФБР по контролю за кинематографом и программа «COMPIC» (1941–1943 гг.)</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Levin</surname><given-names>Yaroslav Aleksandrovich</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Левин</surname><given-names>Ярослав Александрович</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><bio xml:lang="en"><p>candidate of historical sciences, associate professor of Philosophy, Social Sciences and Humanities Department</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>кандидат исторических наук, доцент кафедры философии и социально-гуманитарных наук</p></bio><email>yaroslavlevin1992@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Samara State Technical University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Самарский государственный технический университет</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2022-12-01" publication-format="electronic"><day>01</day><month>12</month><year>2022</year></pub-date><volume>11</volume><issue>4</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en"/><issue-title xml:lang="ru"/><fpage>205</fpage><lpage>208</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2023-03-19"><day>19</day><month>03</month><year>2023</year></date><date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="2023-03-19"><day>19</day><month>03</month><year>2023</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2022, Levin Y.A.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2022, Левин Я.А.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2022</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Levin Y.A.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Левин Я.А.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://snv63.ru/2309-4370/article/view/321469">https://snv63.ru/2309-4370/article/view/321469</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>The period of 1941–1943 became a time when the American art was rapidly rebuilt into «war rails». Artists in every possible way reinforced the morale of American soldiers and were engaged in justifying various actions of the government with the help of a more accessible and understandable language of artistic storytelling to the wider masses. The paper will address specific films and their propaganda subtexts. A special role in this process was played by the USA Federal Bureau of Investigation, which quickly realized the propaganda potential of cinema and therefore quickly began building systemic work to control film production. As part of the paper, it will be examined on a specific example how the FBI was displayed in the cinema and how the Bureau began to build mechanisms for controlling the film industry through a special program «COMPIC». This program was aimed at countering the «communist influence» in the cinema. The close connection between the development of the COMPIC program and the COMRAP program, which provided for the opposition of federal agents to the Comintern, was also considered and the CINRAD program developed at the same time was mentioned, designed to protect USA developments in the field of nuclear weapons. The paper is based on archival materials and literature on the history of American cinema and the FBI.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>Период 1941–1943 гг. стал временем, когда американское искусство стремительно перестраивалось на «военные рельсы». Деятели искусства всячески подкрепляли боевой дух американских солдат и занимались оправданием и обоснованием различных действий правительства с помощью более доступного и понятного широким массам языка художественного повествования. В рамках статьи будут рассмотрены конкретные фильмы и их пропагандистские подтексты. Особую роль в этом процессе сыграло Федеральное бюро расследований США, достаточно быстро осознавшее пропагандистский потенциал кино и поэтому оперативно начавшее выстраивание системной работы по контролю над кинопроизводством. В статье на конкретном примере рассмотрено, как в кино отображалось ФБР и как Бюро начало выстраивать механизмы контроля над киноиндустрией через специальную программу «COMPIC». Данная программа была направлена на противодействие «коммунистическому влиянию» в кинематографе. Также рассмотрена тесная связь развития программы «COMPIC» с программой «COMRAP», предусматривавшей противодействие федеральных агентов Коминтерну, и упоминается разработанная в то же время программа «CINRAD», предназначенная для охраны разработок США в области ядерного оружия. Статья базируется на архивных материалах и литературе по истории американского кинематографа и ФБР.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>cinematography</kwd><kwd>international relations</kwd><kwd>history of the Second World War</kwd><kwd>propaganda</kwd><kwd>international security</kwd><kwd>history of the USA</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>кинематограф</kwd><kwd>ФБР</kwd><kwd>история Второй мировой войны</kwd><kwd>пропаганда</kwd><kwd>внутренняя безопасность</kwd><kwd>история США</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group><funding-statement xml:lang="en">The study was supported by the Russian Science Foundation grant No. 22-28-00099.</funding-statement><funding-statement xml:lang="ru">Исследование выполнено за счет гранта Российского научного фонда № 22-28-00099.</funding-statement></funding-group></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>Worland R. 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