Here's a scene that would never be done today (explanation in comments)
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It's from the James Bond movie The Living Daylights.
The villain is playing out a war scene and pretending as if he were the general for the union army against the confederacy.
Because the whole point of his character is not that he would support the confederacy or the union, but that he's fascinated with warfare, particularly historical warfare as a hobby.
If this scene were done today, they'd make SURE that he stated in dialogue that he as the villain is acting out how he could have made the confederacy win and "destroy those sinister Union dogs who want to suppress true Americans".
They'd never have a villain imagining himself as a union general in a million years in a modern movie.
The reason he is in this movie from the 80s is because back before everything was propaganda, people could realize that people's characters didn't need to revolve around liberal talking points. His character is really into historical battles. There's no higher commentary than that, nor is it needed.
But something that simple would never be allowed nowadays.
The entire Gettysburg movie could never be made today, in that it paints both sides sympathetically and has an entire scene where the Confederate soldiers are cheering General Lee as he rides by.
Also the timeless scene of the confederate and union solider meeting up at a neutral spot between the armies to fairly trade some tobacco with coffee. They are friendly and nice to each other, and go back to their respective teams. No narration, no plot relevance, nothing. Showed how the guys at the bottom of the meat grinder machine had more in common with each other than with their own leaders.