Why We Fight
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Under the auspices of the Office of War Information's Bureau of Motion Pictures, Frank Capra directed a series of seven government training and propaganda films under the unifying title Why We Fight. The films were narrated by Walter Huston, and most of the footage came from newsreels, studio libraries, government footage and from British and Russian sources.
Capra and his crew had very few tools of the trade available to them: No actors, no dialog, no lighting, no sets. The one tool they did have was editing and the strength of Why We Fight lies in its editing. The seven titles in the series, all available on Wikimedia Commons, are:
- Prelude to War
- The Nazis Strike
- Divide and Conquer
- The Battle of Britain
- The Battle of Russia
- The Battle of China
- War Comes to America
Why We Fight was added to the National Film Registry in 2000.
Tropes used in Why We Fight include:
- Propaganda Piece: Designed as training films, they were re-purposed to sell the idea of participating in WWII to the American public.
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