World War II : why we fight : war comes to America, prelude to war, the Nazis strike, divide and conquer

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Label

World War II : why we fight : war comes to America, prelude to war, the Nazis strike, divide and conquer

Title remainder

why we fight : war comes to America, prelude to war, the Nazis strike, divide and conquer

Statement of responsibility

Vintage Home Entertainment ; produced by Frank Capra

Title variation

WWII

Title variation remainder

why we fight

Contributor

• Army Air Force Orchestra
• United States, Army Pictorial Service
• United States, Army Service Forces | Informatin and Education Division
• United States, Army Service Forces | Morale Service Division
• United States, Army | Signal Corps
• Vintage Home Entertainment (Firm)
• Capra, Frank, 1897-1991
• Heller, Robert
• Hornbeck, William, 1901-1983
• Huston, Walter, 1884-1950
• Knight, Eric, (Eric W)
• Litvak, Anatole, 1902-1974
• Newman, Alfred, 1901-1970
• Tiompkin, Dimitri, 1894-1979
• Veiller, Anthony, 1884-1950

Subject

• Documentary films
• Historical films
• Motion pictures in propaganda -- United States
• Propaganda, American
• United States -- History -- 1933-1945
• War films -- United States
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Causes
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Europe
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Germany
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Italy
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Japan
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Motion pictures and the war
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Propaganda
• World War, 1939-1945 -- United States

Genre

• Documentary films
• Historical films

Language

eng

Summary

War comes to America covers the shifting opinion in the US towards siding with the Allies against the Axis until the attack on Pearl Harbor, leading American into full scale involvement. Prelude to war was a US Army training film during WWII before theatrical release. It compares the 'free' and 'slave' worlds and the development of dictatorships in Italy, Germany and Japan. Also included are the rise of antimilitarism and isolationism in the US, plus enemy propaganda. The Nazis strike displays German's acts of diplomatic and military aggression. Learn of the Nazi's consistent underhanded violation of every promise of peace and its exploitation of their foes attempts of appeasement until the invasion of Poland in September of 1939. Divid and conquer chronicles the English and Frnech declarations of war against Germany to the conquest of France by the Nazi. Learn how a combination of innovative Nazi tactics and the acts of traitors allowed for the conquest of most of Europe

Cataloging source

MDK

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Directors, Frank Capra, Anatole Litvak ; screenplay, Anatole Litvak, Anthony Veiler, Robert Heller, Eric Knight ; editor, William Hornbeck ; music, Alfred Newman, Dimitri Tiomkin, Army Air Force Orchestra

Dewey number

940.54

LC call number

D741 .C251

LC item number

W927 2003

PerformerNote

Narrators: Walter Huston, Anthony Veiler

Runtime

213

Series statement

Collector's 4 hours edition

Technique

live action