Series of films to motivate US soldiers during World War II
This article is about the World War II documentary film series. For other uses, see Why We Fight (disambiguation).
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Why We Fight
Intertitle for the seven-film series
Prelude to War (1942)
The Nazis Strike (1943)
Divide and Conquer (1943)
The Battle of Britain (1943)
The Battle of Russia (1943)
The Battle of China (1944)
War Comes to America (1945)
Directed by
Frank Capra
Anatole Litvak
Screenplay by
Julius J. Epstein
Philip G. Epstein
Anthony Veiller
Produced by
Frank Capra
Narrated by
Walter Huston
Anthony Veiller
Cinematography
Robert J. Flaherty
Edited by
William Hornbeck
Music by
Alfred Newman
Dimitri Tiomkin
Howard Jackson
Production companies
U.S. Army Pictorial Service[a]
United States Army Signal Corps
Distributed by
United States Office of War Information
War Activities Committee of the Motion Picture Industry
Running time
417 minutes (7 films)
Country
United States
Language
English
Why We Fight is a series of seven propaganda films produced by the US Department of War from 1942 to 1945, during World War II. It was originally written for American soldiers to help them understand why the United States was involved in the war, but US President Franklin Roosevelt ordered distribution for public viewing.
Academy Award-winning filmmaker Frank Capra, daunted but impressed and challenged by Leni Riefenstahl's 1935 propaganda film Triumph of the Will, worked in direct response. The series faced various challenges, such as convincing a noninterventionist nation to get involved in the war and to become an ally of the Soviet Union. Many entries feature Axis powers' propaganda footage from up to 20 years earlier, recontextualized to promote the Allies.
Although primarily edited by William Hornbeck, some parts were re-enacted "under War Department supervision" if no relevant footage was available. Animated segments were produced by Walt Disney Productions, and the animated maps followed a convention of depicting Axis-occupied territory in black.
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