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Prelude to War
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Prelude to War, also known as Why We Fight: Prelude to War, is a 1942 documentary film directed by Frank Capra. Produced by the War Activities Committee of the Motion Pictures Industry and the U.S. War Department, the work was released in the United States of America on May 27, 1942. It runs for 53 minutes and serves as an entry in the Why We Fight collection. The film focuses on World War II, with a tagline describing how the US government identifies the enemies of the United Nations.
The documentary has received a vote average of 6.479 and is recognized in the Academy Award Best Documentary collection. It is available through various providers, including fuboTV, MGM+ Amazon Channel, MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel, MGM Plus, and Philo. The status of the release is listed as Released.
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6.5Prelude to War was the first film of Frank Capra's Why We Fight propaganda film series, commissioned by the Pentagon and George C. Marshall. It was made to convince American troops of the necessity of combating the Axis Powers during World War II. This film examines the differences between democratic and fascist states.
Cast
- Walter Huston as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Max Schmeling as Self - German paratrooper (archive footage)
- Adolf Hitler as Self
Themes
- world war ii
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- short film
- Part of
- Why We Fight
- Genre
- war film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Series
- Why We Fight
- Followed by
- The Nazis Strike
- Main subject
- World War II
- Director
- Anatole Litvak
- Screenwriter
- Albert Maltz
- Cast member
- Wendell Willkie
- Composer
- Arthur Lange
- Producer
- Frank Capra
- Cinematographer
- Robert J. Flaherty
- Duration
- 52
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1942-01-01
- title
- Prelude to War
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film
- film editor
- William Hornbeck
- color
- black-and-white
- distributed by
- Netflix
- Commons category
- Prelude to War
- copyright status
- public domain
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