Why We Fight (film series)
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Why We Fight is a World War II-era series of American propaganda documentary films explaining and justifying the U.S. involvement in the war to both soldiers and the general public.
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
World War II propaganda
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documentary film series → propaganda film series → |
| award |
Academy Award for Best Documentary (for Prelude to War)
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| basedOn |
government-commissioned material
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| coDirector |
Alexander Hammid
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Anatole Litvak → Guy Green → Jean Negulesco → Joris Ivens → Ray Kellogg → |
| commissionedBy |
United States Army
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United States government NERFINISHED → |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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| depicts |
events leading to World War II
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ideology of the Allied powers → ideology of the Axis powers → military campaigns of World War II → |
| director |
Frank Capra
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| distributor |
United States War Department
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| firstPart |
Prelude to War
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| firstPartReleaseYear |
1942
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| genre |
documentary film
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propaganda film → war film → |
| language |
English
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| mainSubject |
Allied powers
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Axis powers → World War II → |
| musicBy |
Dimitri Tiomkin
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| narrator |
Walter Huston
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| notableFor |
combination of documentary and dramatized sequences
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role in American wartime propaganda → use of archival footage → |
| numberOfParts |
7
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| part |
Divide and Conquer
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Prelude to War → The Battle of Britain NERFINISHED → The Battle of China → The Battle of Russia → The Nazis Strike → War Comes to America → |
| producer |
Office of War Information
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United States Department of War NERFINISHED → |
| productionPeriod |
1942–1945
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| purpose |
to explain U.S. involvement in World War II
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to influence public opinion in the United States → to justify U.S. participation in World War II to soldiers → |
| targetAudience |
American general public
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American soldiers → |
| usedAs |
training films for U.S. Army
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Referenced by (1)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Frank Capra
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directed |