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Why we fight. Disc 4, The battle of China & War comes to America / producer, Frank Capra ; directors, Frank Capra, Anatole Litvak ; screenplay, Anatole Litvak, Anthony Veiler, Robert Heller.
LIBRA DVD 001 373
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- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Collector series (GoodTimes Home Video (Firm))
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World War, 1939-1945--Japan.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945.
- Motion pictures in propaganda.
- Japan--History--1912-1945.
- Japan.
- History.
- Inventions--China.
- Inventions.
- China.
- World War, 1939-1945--Causes.
- World War, 1939-1945--United States.
- World War, 1939-1945--Motion pictures and the war.
- War and motion pictures.
- World War, 1939-1945--Propaganda.
- Propaganda.
- United States--History--1933-1945.
- United States.
- Motion pictures in propaganda--United States.
- Propaganda, American.
- Genre:
- War films.
- Documentary films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (approximately 131 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
- monochrome
- Other Title:
- Title on container and disc surface: World war II : why we fight
- Frank Capra's World War II
- Battle of China
- War comes to America
- Place of Publication:
- New York : GoodTimes Home Video Corp., 2000.
- System Details:
- DVD; Dolby digital mono.
- digital
- optical
- mono
- Dolby
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- Parts six and seven of a propaganda series of seven information films shown to the American G.I. in the 1940's. 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 (1944): Depicts Japanese aggression against China during World War II and describes Japan's plans for world conquest. Recalls Chinese development of the compass, printing, astronomy, gunpowder, and porcelain. War comes to America (1945): Briefly reviews the history of the United States and describes the characteristics, habits, and beliefs of the American people. Explains the events from 1931 to 1941 that caused the United States to enter World War II.
- Contents:
- The Battle of China : information film #6 (ca. 65 min.) / produced by the War Department, Signal Corps, Army Service Forces for the Morale Services Division
- War comes to America : information film #7 (ca. 66 min.) / produced by the War Department, Army Pictorial Service, for the Information and Education Division.
- Participant:
- Narrators: Walter Huston, Anthony Veiler.
- Credits:
- Editor, William Hornbeck ; music, Dimitri Tiomkin, Army Air Force Orchestra.
- ISBN:
- 0766204987
- 0766204944
- OCLC:
- 47787864
- Publisher Number:
- 018713830166 (set)
- 018713811134
- 05-81113 GoodTimes Home Video
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