Sylivia Plath: Superman and Paula Brown's New Snowsuit

On reading the story 'Superman and Paula Brown's Snowsuit' i was given the task to write up a paragraph on the history in which the story was set (1939). World war 2 began in 1939 between Germany and the world.  Also on the other side of the world for America a war was happening when Japan began to invade many of the countries in the Pacific Ocean.  This was a great concern to America with many of their allies under threat.  They decided to join the war.  During the time of the war it was very common for cinemas to show a short film before the main picture that went for about 20 minutes.  These short films tended to be news reports or Disney short films such as Mickey mouse.  Because not many peep had a Tv news reports and anti Germany or anti Japanese films were often shown.  Many of these films were gruesome and some were historically incorrect as they were a form of propaganda.