The Road To World War III
A 21st Century newsreel.
A Century Ago, And Today
A century ago, going to the movies wasn’t just escapism—it was how you saw the wider world. Before the feature, audiences got a compressed reality-feed: newsreels. Short, punchy, visually authoritative. Not exhaustive, not “objective” in the modern sense—just the events that mattered, edited into a narrative you could absorb in five minutes and carry home.
In the last couple of months, a sort of 21st Century newsreel has gone viral: PsyOpAnime. It’s not a newspaper and it’s not conventional commentary. It’s a medium-native digest: symbolic clips, narrative stitching, and the vibe of the moment—optimized for the attention economy the way Pathé and Movietone were optimized for packed theaters.
Before The Road To World War III...
Their latest full-length “reel” spans several pressure points converging at once: unrest in Iran, the grinding realities of the Russia-Ukraine war, and Donald Trump’s appearance at Davos—less as isolated headlines than as pieces of the same widening picture.
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The Road To World War III
Here’s the latest PsyopAnime newsreel. The hookers at Davos is a nice touch.