Pledge of Allegiance 1945, before they added "Under God"

This is the complete first minute of "War Comes to America," part seven of the propaganda series "Why We Fight", released 14 June 1945. I have not edited out any video or audio from that first minute. The pledge is repeated with subtitles showing what the kids are saying, but there's no other tricky editing.

According to Wikipedia, Eisenhower signed into law on June 14, 1954, a bill adding "under God" to the official wording of the pledge, after lobbying from the Knights of Columbus.

Here's the IMDB page for "War Comes to America":
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0183997/

The complete film is public domain and can be streamed or downloaded from the Internet Archive at
http://www.archive.org/details/wwf_war_comes_to_america

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[Snipes8161]

@deibzoeb You know wikipedia isn't the most accurate source of information either <_< right?

[deidzoeb]

@Snipes8161 I know that a the science journal Nature carried out a study a few years ago, comparing the accuracy of Encyclopedia Brittanica with science entries on Wikipedia. Wikipedia had more errors, but the difference was negligible. If it helps, please let me know which of the statements I attributed to Wikipedia and I will try to find other sources that will back them up. There are many other sources that will show the date when "under god" was added to the Pledge.

[bamissfa]

no way to tell if under god was omitted b/c there are natural pauses after each declaration...to GOD BE ALL GLORY!

God bless America!

[deidzoeb]

@bamissfa If you mean that I edited out the words under God, then you're welcome to check any other copy of the film, part 7 of "Why We Fight" from 1945. It is in public domain, so you can find copies of it on Internet Archive and probably other places on the web. They recite the pledge in the first 2 minutes of the film, so you don't have to hunt for it. It's easy to confirm that this is true. No one said "Under God" in the pledge til 1950s.

[hallsofmedicine]

That's rexcurrydotnet on youtube

[deidzoeb]

@hallsofmedicine Ahhh, there's someone posting on youtube who we should take as a better authority than wikipedia. Do you or Rex Curry have any better sources that support these claims that Bellamy was a Nazi? Please check out the Wikipedia entry about the Roman Salute. You'll see paintings 100-200 years old showing people saluting with their arms up. Then you can find other sources that show the same old paintings, if you don't trust wikipedia. The gesture was not invented by Bellamy.

[JosephAllenCavin]

youtube.com/watch?v=WnsuzAxg1Q­8



[MagicTellaVision]

America is a proud Secular Government which will never allow the Middle Eastern Abrahamic Extremists and their Religious Theocracy to overthrow our Proud Secular Government which promotes (The Separation of Church from State).

[Chimchimtheomni]

Wait a second... Those kids didn't submit to the all powerful and invisibe deity we're supposed to worship... and they weren't immediatly ripped asunder by gleeful blood-thirsty demons? WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?!

[squirell1952]

IF PEOPLE WANT TO ADD "UNDER GOD", LET THEM. IF YOU DON'T WISH TO UTTER "UNDER GOD", DON'T. RIGHT? HAVE WE SETTLED ALL THIS? CAN WE NOW TURN TO SOMETHING ELSE? SOMETHING A BIT MORE INTELLECTUAL, PERHAPS? DID YOU, IN ALL YOUR WISDOM, NOT DISCOVER THAT ELVIS PRESLEY DIED OF WOODWORM IN HIS WOODEN HEART? WELL, YOU HAVE NOW.

[MagicTellaVision]

"THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES IS NOT IN ANY SENSE FOUNDED ON THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION." (Treaty of Tripoli, Article 11: Written during the Administration of George Washington and signed into law by John Adams.)

[MagicTellaVision]

In 1777-78 America fought hard against THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND's Spaghetti Monster at Valley Forge. General George Washington did not bow down to King James Book as the word of God during the time of the INQUISTION, which was incorrectly depicted by a Christian Artist named Arnold Friberg.

[MagicTellaVision]

Thomas "Tom" Paine from (1737 to 1809) was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, his book was notorious for The Age of Reason that advocates deism and promotes for the reason of free thinking and argues against institutionalized religion and Christian doctrines. Lets not forget about the 300 year Flat Earth Inquisition when millions of people were dyeing for our Religious Freedoms on a 100,000 Burning Crosses.

[MagicTellaVision]

I Pledge Allegiance To The Flag, Of the United States of America: I would like to see Abraham Lincoln's QOUTE added on the back of The American Penny, ("The Bible is not my book nor Christianity my profession. I could never give assent to the long complicated statements of Christian dogma"), US President.