Divide and Conquer

original title:
Divide and Conquer
other titles:
Why We Fight 3
country / year of production:
USA / 1943
original length:
57 min. , black/white
premiere:
genre:
Propaganda film
based on:
director:
Frank Capra , Anatole Litvak
film script:
producer:
cinematographer:
editor:
William Hornbeck
composer:
Dimitri Zinovievich Tiomkin
cast (role):
more:
plot synopsis:
Using news reel footage and animated maps the third of the seven "Why We Fight" films is dedicated to the events from the French and British declarations of war to the French surrender. The German success is ascribed to new military tactics and the work of traitors.
keywords:
propaganda
war:
Second World War (1939-1945)
literature:
Thomas Bohn. An Historical and Descriptive Analysis of the `Why we fight´-series. New York: Arno Press. 1977. 258 p.

David Culbert. „`Why We Fight´. Social Engineering for a Democratic Society at War“. In: K.R.M. Short (ed.). Film and Radio Propaganda in World War II. London, Canberra. 1983. 173-191.

William Thomas Murphy. „The Method of `Why We Fight´. In: Journal of Popular Film 1 (1972), 3, 185-196.
remarks:
The film produced by the US War Department.
availability: