| Description |
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Series |
World war II : why we fight.
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| System Details |
DVD; Dolby digital mono; all regions; NTSC. |
| Performer |
Narrators: Walter Huston, Anthony Veiler. |
| Credits |
Editor, William Hornbeck ; music, Dimitri Tiomkin, Army Air Force Orchestra. |
| Note |
Standard screen (1.33:1 aspect ratio). |
| Summary |
Parts one and two 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. Prelude to war: Recounts the Japanese incursion into Manchuria, the Italian conquest of Ethiopia, and the beginnings of the Nazi takeover in Eastern Europe. The Nazis strike: Documents the relentless advance of Germany's military machine, as Hitler's armies terrorize their victims with blitzkrieg tactics and spread through the Rhineland, Austria, Czechoslovakia, and Poland. |
| Contents |
Prelude to war (53 min.) -- The Nazis strike (42 min.). |
| Awards |
Academy Award, 1943: Best documentary. |
| Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Causes -- Videodiscs.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Europe -- Videodiscs.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Germany -- Videodiscs.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Japan -- Videodiscs.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Italy -- Videodiscs.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Videodiscs.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- United States -- Videodiscs.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Motion pictures and the war -- Videodiscs.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Propaganda -- Videodiscs.
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United States -- History -- 1933-1945 -- Videodiscs.
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Motion pictures in propaganda -- Videodiscs.
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Propaganda, American -- Videodiscs.
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DVDs.
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| Local Subject |
ACADEMY AWARD WINNERS, 1943.
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| Genre |
Documentary films.
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| Added Author |
Capra, Frank, 1897-1991.
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Litvak, Anatole, 1902-1974.
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Heller, Robert.
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Veiller, Anthony, 1903-1965.
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Huston, Walter, 1884-1950.
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Tiomkin, Dimitri, 1894-1979.
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United States. War Department.
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United States. Army. Signal Corps.
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United States. Army Service Forces. Morale Service Division.
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United States. Army Pictorial Service.
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United States. Army Service Forces. Information and Education Division.
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GoodTimes Home Video (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Prelude to war |
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Nazis strike |
| ISBN |
0766204952 |
| Standard No. |
018713811103 |
| Music No. |
05-81110 GoodTimes Home Video |
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