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Why We Fight: Prelude to War


1942
0h 50m • War, Documentary, History • Not Rated
0% 57%
Directed byFrank Capra, Anatole Litvak
Writen byEric Knight, Anthony Veiller
StudioWar Activities Committee of the Motion Pictures Industry

Video3:4 480 (h264)
AudioEnglish (AAC 5.1)
Format
Prelude to War was the first film of Frank Capra's Why We Fight propaganda film series, commissioned by the Pentagon and George C. Marshall. It was made to convince American troops of the necessity of combating the Axis Powers during World War II. This film examines the differences between democratic and fascist states.

Walter HustonNarrator (voice)
Max SchmelingGerman paratrooper (archive footage)