Discover how the Committee on Public Information (CPI), led by George Creel, launched a massive publicity campaign to support the United States’ entry into World War I, in this video adapted from The Great War | AMERICAN EXPERIENCE. Appointed by President Woodrow Wilson, Creel created innovative ways, including using the movies—the new mass media—and celebrity culture, to dispense pro-war propaganda to create enthusiasm for the war and dampen dissent.