#OtD 15 Oct 1940 Charlie Chaplin's first talkie The Great Dictator debuted in New York (while the US was still formally at peace with Nazi Germany). The antifascist film ends with this impassioned speech to the audience opposing all forms of oppression https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8730/the-great-dictator-debuts?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon