The official World War II US government account of Nazi international aggression leading up to the British and French declarations of war.The official World War II US government account of Nazi international aggression leading up to the British and French declarations of war.The official World War II US government account of Nazi international aggression leading up to the British and French declarations of war.
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Eduard Benes
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Neville Chamberlain
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Clementine Churchill
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Winston Churchill
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Galeazzo Ciano
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Édouard Daladier
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Léon Degrelle
- Self - Leader: Rexist Party, Belgium
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Anthony Eden
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Joseph Goebbels
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Hermann Göring
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Konrad Henlein
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Rudolf Hess
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Heinrich Himmler
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Adolf Hitler
- Self - Führer und Reichskanzler
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Walter Huston
- Narrator
- (uncredited)
Wilhelm Keitel
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
King George VI
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Fritz Kuhn
- Self - German-American Bund
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
- Directors
- Frank Capra(uncredited)
- Anatole Litvak(uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaIn the year 2000, the United States Library of Congress mandated that this film (and the other six documentaries in the 'Why We Fight' series)were "culturally significant" and selected them for preservation in the National Film Registry.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Stalin (1992)
- SoundtracksPolonaise in A Major
by Frédéric Chopin
Featured review
Propaganda by a master moviemaker
Frank Capra did a masterful job taking the propaganda tool of the Nazis and turning it against them. He devised the simple but effective means of taking captured Nazi propaganda newsreels and showing them with new narration and with music. The result -- showing the Nazi horror for what it was.
The WHY WE FIGHT series of 7 films is still very powerful and moving. We can only imagine how rousing the material was in the dark days of World War II when it was shown to the US troops in battle zones.
The difference between Capra's propaganda and Hitler's is that Capra used the tool to teach ideals rather than to seduce and entrance the minds of people. Capra's films were just as strong ammunition as and tanks and planes, and they are remarkably durable after all these years. They still stand for the ideals of democracy. Such is the art of a master moviemaker.
The WHY WE FIGHT series of 7 films is still very powerful and moving. We can only imagine how rousing the material was in the dark days of World War II when it was shown to the US troops in battle zones.
The difference between Capra's propaganda and Hitler's is that Capra used the tool to teach ideals rather than to seduce and entrance the minds of people. Capra's films were just as strong ammunition as and tanks and planes, and they are remarkably durable after all these years. They still stand for the ideals of democracy. Such is the art of a master moviemaker.
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- mermatt
- Jul 19, 1999
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- Runtime41 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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