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War Comes to America

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Part of the "Why We Fight" series, Frank Capra's propaganda film argues that the United States is resilient and its population diverse, and that the initial settlements and the Revolutionary War have given way to a nation of many ethnic groups. It examines popular opinion prior to World War II -- when Americans favored isolationism -- and its shift after the attack on Pearl Harbor. It also makes the case that national security interests require America to help defeat the Axis powers.

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03/25/2014 The entire series is wrapped up here, as Capra recaps the story of how the war began and lead up to Pearl Harbor, but all told from the U.S. perspective, seeing what America did while events unfolded in Europe and Asia, and sometimes what they didn't do, and why it is important to fight now and stop the aggression of the Axis powers. It was an interesting look of how the War was presented to soldiers about to start fighting. See more 08/08/2010 Good, but the series sorta runs out of steam at this point. The flag-waving is a little bit tiresome in the first half, but then it takes a surprisingly critical look at the American awareness of the war, and the delayed action of their participation. It's perhaps not as critical as it should be, but a welcome change nonetheless. See more Read all reviews
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Frank Capra

Director

Walter Huston

Narrator

Lloyd Nolan

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Julius J. Epstein

Writer

Philip G. Epstein

Writer

Anatole Litvak

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Synopsis Part of the "Why We Fight" series, Frank Capra's propaganda film argues that the United States is resilient and its population diverse, and that the initial settlements and the Revolutionary War have given way to a nation of many ethnic groups. It examines popular opinion prior to World War II -- when Americans favored isolationism -- and its shift after the attack on Pearl Harbor. It also makes the case that national security interests require America to help defeat the Axis powers.
Director
Frank Capra
Producer
Frank Capra
Screenwriter
Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein, Anatole Litvak, Anthony Veiller
Production Co
U.S. Army Pictorial Services [us]
Genre
Documentary, War
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 20, 2015
Runtime
1h 10m
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