Philippines Under Communist Rule (Magsaysay Era Anti-Communist Public Service Ad 1957)

[Uploaded in my channel 7 years ago.] Witness Mang Tasyo's plight under a hypothetical Communist regime in the Philippines. This public service ad was made and probably went in rampant broadcast during the height of the global Soviet aggression in events leading to the Cold War as the country initiated a large scale anti-Communist campaign.

After WWII relationships between the Allies and the Soviets deteriorated, countries that were under Soviet influence were quickly occupied through political reforms or the military. The West would not tolerate this and the event lead to the division between the Free World countries and the Communist Bloc - the veiling of the "Iron Curtain". The Philippines being in close relations with the US and the West was greatly affected and underwent several Communist insurrections under the banner of Leninism, Marxism and Maoism in what is called a protracted "People's War". This in the pretense of independence, anti-imperialism, nationalism and equality. This ideology is still adhered by many, mostly by younger individuals who are led or are attracted to this rhetoric and are represented by various organizations and politicians that does not necessarily or openly portray themselves as communist.

The film is somewhat caricature by today's standards but is still spot on regarding the transitional life of free citizens to a totalitarian government.