War comes to America

United States, 1945

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Episode number 7 of Series “Why we fight”.
Last in a series of documentaries made to inform members of the American Armed Forces of the causes and events leading up to the United States’ entry into World War II. This program concentrates upon America’s history of liberty, equality, and justice and how it is important for the country to protect this heritage in the face of German, Italian and Japanese aggression.

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Credits

producer

Anatole Litvak

director

Frank Capra

production company

United States. War Dept.

Duration

01:02:57:00

Production places
United States
Production dates
1945

Appears in

Group of items

Why we fight

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

011646

Language

English

Subject categories

Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Military art and science - History

Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Military history

Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Soldiers

Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Soldiers - United States

Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → War

Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → War - United States

Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → World War, 1939-1945

Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → World War, 1939-1945 - United States

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → United States - Foreign relations

Feature films

Feature films → Feature films - United States

History → Military art and science - History

History → Military history

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Black and White

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

Wikidata

Q7968392

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