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Why we fight
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Propaganda series originally produced by the United States government for the Morale Services Division which documents the causes and events leading up to World War II and exhorts Americans to supp...
Propaganda series originally produced by the United States government for the Morale Services Division which documents the causes and events leading up to World War II and exhorts Americans to support the war effort.
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- Creator
- produced by Frank Capra
- Included Titles
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- Prelude to war
- Nazis strike
- Divide and conquer
- Battle of Britain
- Battle of Russia
- Battle of China
- War comes to America
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
- Contributors
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- Capra, Frank, 1897-1991
- Litvak, Anatole, 1902-1974
- Heller, Robert
- Veiller, Anthony, 1903-1965
- Huston, Walter, 1884-1950
- Tiomkin, Dimitri, 1894-1979
- Glenn Miller Army Air Force Orchestra
- United States. Army. Signal Corps
- United States. Army Service Forces. Morale Service Division
- Timeless Media Group
- Publication
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- Eugene, OR : Timeless Media Group, [2005]
- ©2005
- Physical Details
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- 2 videodiscs (approximately 405 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in
- ISBNs
- 0741110121, 9780741110121, 0741110113, 9780741110114
- OCLC
- ocm66140280
- Credits
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- Producer, Frank Capra ; director, Frank Capra, Anatole Litvak ; screenplay, Anatole Litvak, Anthony Veiller, Robert Heller, Eric Knight ; editor, William Hornbeck ; music, Alfred Newman, Dimitri Tiomkin
- Documentary.
- Originally produced as a 7 part motion picture between 1942-1944 "by the War Department Signed Corps, Army Service Forces for the Morale Services Division", entitled, Why we fight.
- DVD, region 1; Dolby Digital.
- Vol. 1. Prelude to war (53 min.). The Nazis strike (42 min.). Divide and conquer (54 min.). The Battle of Britain (52 min.) -- vol. 2. The Battle of Russia (83 min.). The Battle of China (65 min.). War comes to America (66 min.)
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Causes.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- United States.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Motion pictures and the war.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Propaganda.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns.
- Britain, Battle of, Great Britain, 1940.
- Motion pictures in propaganda -- United States.
- War films -- United States.
- Propaganda, American.
- United States -- History -- 1933-1945.