Prelude to war
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Prelude to war
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The work Prelude to war represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in San Francisco Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.
- Label
- Prelude to war
- Title variation
- Why we fight
- Subject
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- Germany -- History -- 1933-1945
- Italy -- History -- 1922-1945
- Japan -- History -- 1926-1945
- Motion pictures in propaganda -- United States
- United States -- History -- 1933-1945
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Causes
- Fascism -- Germany
- Propaganda, American
- Fascism -- Japan
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- This Oscar winner for Best Documentary was the official World War II Government film statement identifying the various enemies of the Allies. Prelude to War was the first film in Frank Capra's seven-film Why We Fight film series and is preserved at the National Film Registry as mandated by the United States Library of Congress. Featuring narration by Walter Huston, plus archival footage of Adolph Hitler, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and many other key figures of the time, Prelude to War is highlighted by uncredited cinematography by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Robert J. Flaherty
- Cataloging source
- Midwest
- Characteristic
- videorecording
- Credits note
- Directed by Frank Capra
- Intended audience
- Not rated
- PerformerNote
- Walter Huston, Victor Bulwer-Lytton
- Runtime
- 52
- Series statement
- Restored classics, the Film Detective archive
- Target audience
- adult
- Technique
- live action
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