Why Has This 1940 Movie Clip Become So Popular?

This is a clip of a speech given by the legendary actor Charlie Chaplin in the 1940 movie "The Great Dictator". So why has this clip become so popular on social media? Watch it and find out. 

It has been said that history repeats itself. In this case it is a movie clip that is being posted all over social media sites. In it Charlie Chaplin plays a gentleman who is a poor Jewish barber who is mistaken for a dictator of a similar appearance and takes his place. In his rejection of the position he ends up giving one of the most inspirational speeches ever recorded.

Do we need to listen to the words said over 75 years ago in today's day and age? Are they more important now, than they were when they were first said as the United States was on the brink of the biggest war the world has ever seen? Watch the clip and then you can decide.