Why We Fight: Prelude to War

United States of America, 1942

Film
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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.

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Credits

director

Anatole Litvak

Frank Capra

producer

Frank Capra

production company

War Activities Committee of the Motion Pictures Industry

writer

Anthony Veiller

Eric Knight

Duration

53:00

Production places
United States of America
Production dates
1942

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

tmdb-movie-23336

Language

English

Subject categories

Documentary

History

War

TMDB-Movie

23336

Wikidata

Q1144659

Collected

83 times

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