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Overall Rank: 12291
Average Rating: 2.5/4
# of Ratings: 10
Theatrical Release Date: 05/27/1943
Language: English
Genre: Documentary, War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Julius J. Epstein
Actors: Max Schmeling
Plot: This famous propaganda piece, used as a U.S. Army training film in WWII before theatrical release, asks 'why we fight.' The answer compares the 'free' and 'slave' worlds. Included: development of dictatorships in Italy, Germany and Japan, while anti-militarism and isolationism rise in the USA; a look at enemy propaganda; and the first acts of aggression. Walter Huston narrates a combination of archival footage, maps, and other graphics.
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3/4
goodfellamike - wrote on 10/30/2008
Walter Huston narrates this perfectly adequate documentary on how WWI led to WWII; one gets the sense of how important this kind of film was back then. Final Grade: B
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2.5/4
Allison - wrote on 02/22/2008
Worth watching. Some of it is shocking as the camera goes into classrooms where children proclaim Hitler as their Lord, future, and savior.
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