World war II : why we fight /

World war II : why we fight /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	New York : GoodTimes Home Video Corp., 2000.
Description:	4 videodiscs (415 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language:	English
Subject:	World War, 1939-1945 -- Causes. World War, 1939-1945 -- United States. World War, 1939-1945 -- Motion pictures and the war. World War, 1939-1945 -- Propaganda. Motion pictures in propaganda -- United States. Propaganda, American. Documentary films. Historical films. War films -- United States. United States -- History -- 1933-1945.
Format:	DVD Video
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4922504

Hidden Bibliographic Details
Varying Form of Title:	Why we fight
Other title:	Prelude to war. Nazis strike. Divide and conquer. Battle of Britain. Battle of Russia. Battle of China. War comes to America.
Other authors / contributors:	Capra, Frank, 1897-1991 Army Air Force Orchestra. United States. Army. Signal Corps. United States. Army Service Forces. Morale Service Division. GoodTimes Home Video (Firm)
ISBN:	0766204952 0766204960 0766204979 0766204987
Notes:	Title from container. Originally produced as a 7 part motion picture between 1942-1944 "by the War Department Signed Corps, Army Service Forces for the Morale Services Division" Originally titled, Why we fight. Reissued as a set of videorecordings. Producer, Frank Capra ; director, Frank Capra, Anatole Litvak ; screenplay, Anatole Litvak, Anthony Veiler, Robert Heller, Eric Knight ; editor, William Hornbeck ; music, Alfred Newman, Dimitri Tiomkin. Narrators, Walter Huston and Anthony Veiler; music by the Army Air Force Orchestra. DVD, "Compatible With All DVD Players".
Summary:	Propaganda series 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.
Publisher's no.:	05-81110 GoodTimes Home Video 05-81111 GoodTimes Home Video 05-81112 GoodTimes Home Video 05-81113 GoodTimes Home Video

Table of Contents:

disc 1. Prelude to war (53 min.). The Nazis strike (42 min.)
disc 2. Divide and conquer (54 min.). The Battle of Britain (52 min.)
disc 3. The Battle of Russia (83 min.)
disc 4. The Battle of China (65 min.). War comes to America (66 min.).