War Comes to America

original title:
War Comes to America
other titles:
Why We Fight 7
country / year of production:
USA / 1945
original length:
70 min. , black/white
premiere:
14 June 1945
genre:
Propaganda film
based on:
director:
Frank Capra , Anatole Litvak
film script:
Julius J. Epstein , Philip G. Epstein , Anatole Litvak , Anthony Veiller
producer:
Frank Capra
cinematographer:
editor:
William Hornbeck
composer:
Dimitri Zinovievich Tiomkin
cast (role):
more:
plot synopsis:
The seventh and last episode of the "Why We Fight"-series finally focuses on the United States of America. In order to ascertain its audience all the good qualities of the US are presented. The film`s conclusion: in order to save democracy and liberty the United States' population shifted opinion towards siding with the Allies against the Axis. But it was not until the attack on Pearl Harbour that the US was brought into full scale involvement in the war.
keywords:
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 was produced for the US War Department.
availability:
Video VHS NTSC, DVD