Prelude to War was the first entry in the US War Department's Why We Fight series, a group of seven morale-boosing documentaries supervised by Lt. Col. Frank Capra. As brilliantly assembled as any of Capra's "populist" Hollywood films, Prelude demonstrates how the diplomatic and political blunders made in the wake of WW1 led inexorably to WW2. Especially culpable are those complacent citizens of the USA who were led to believe that the problems of the rest of the world had no bearing on their lives. While America sleeps, ...
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Prelude to War was the first entry in the US War Department's Why We Fight series, a group of seven morale-boosing documentaries supervised by Lt. Col. Frank Capra. As brilliantly assembled as any of Capra's "populist" Hollywood films, Prelude demonstrates how the diplomatic and political blunders made in the wake of WW1 led inexorably to WW2. Especially culpable are those complacent citizens of the USA who were led to believe that the problems of the rest of the world had no bearing on their lives. While America sleeps, Japan and Germany slowly and methodically build their armies and launch their plans for global conquest. Throughout the film, the lies of fascisim and totalitarinism are contrasted with the ideals of Democracy. Unlike most other War Department efforts, the 53-minute Why We Fight was shown to both civilian and military audiences. Hal Erickson, Rovi
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Prelude to War is the first of seven documentaries from the Why We Fight series directed by Frank Capra. Released between 1942 and 1945, these films were shown to American military personnel for instructional purposes; they also served as American propaganda during World War II. This film looks at the rise of totalitarianism in Fascist Italy, Nazi Germany, and Imperial Japan. Other topics include the Japanese invasion of Manchuria and the Italian invasion of Ethiopia. The overarching theme of this film is the contrast between the free world (the United States and Britain) and the slave world (Italy, Germany, and Japan). We also see how the people of Italy and Germany willingly gave up their civil liberties for the good of the state (Japan was essentially a monarchy/military dictatorship at the time so the people there did not have many freedoms to begin with). I especially liked the animated map sequence depicting how Germany and Japan planned the conquest of the world. Despite the age of this film, it is very useful in helping modern viewers understand the events leading to World War II in Asia and Europe.
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