Shelved in the "Documentary" collection. Title from container. Originally produced as a 7 part motion picture between 1942-1944 "by the War Department Signed Corps, Army Service Forces for the Morale Services Division". Originally titled, Why we fight. Reissued as a set of videorecordings. Narrators, Walter Huston and Anthony Veiler; music by the Army Air Force Orchestra.
Contents:
v. 6. The battle of China (65 min.). v. 7. War comes to America (66 min.).
Summary:
Propaganda series originally produced by the United States government for the Morale Services Division which documents the causes and events leading up to World War II and exhorts Americans to support the war effort. The battle of China: illustrates Japan's occupation of China, including Madame Chiang Kai-Shek's stirring address before Congress, the rape of Nanking, the great 2,000-mile migration, and Claire Chennault's Flying Tigers. War comes to America: follows the gradual shift of opinion from isolationism to support for the war, and spotlights Edward R. Murrow reporting from a blitzed London and Charles Linbergh arguing ag.
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