Why We Fight
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Why We Fight is a series of seven propaganda films produced by the US Department of War from 1942 to 1945, during World War II. It was originally written for American soldiers to make them support the
Intertitle for the seven-film series
Prelude to War depicts the Nazi propaganda machine.
Frank Capra cutting film in 1943
Frank Capra receiving the Distinguished Service Medal from U.S. Army Chief of Staff General George C. Marshall, 1945
Prelude to War
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Prelude to War is the first film of Frank Capra's Why We Fight film series commissioned by the Office of War Information and George C. Marshall. It was made to educate American troops of the necessity
Why We Fight
…Peterson and I walked away on air. We had found the great cache of enemy films—and it was ours! Prelude to War (1942; 51 min 35 s) examines the difference between democratic and fascist states and covers the Japanese invasion of Manchuria and the Italian invasion…
Protestors rallied under slogans like "No Foreign Entanglements"