Description
War Comes to America
Why We Fight series
This motion picture film examines world events that pulled the U.S. into World War II. Frank Capra, Director; Dimitri Tiomkin, Composer.
In this reel Dean Acheson sums up arms embargo legislation. Maps illustrate Nazi aggression in Western Europe. Refugees clog French roads and FDR denounces Italy’s entry into the war. Hitler, Hermann Goring, and Admiral Karl Doenitz, receive the French surrender; Nazis parade through Paris. Secretary of State Cordell Hull asks for hemispheric solidarity at Havana in 1940. FDR asks Congress for military funds and National Guard units, and Edward R. Murrow reports during a London air raid.
Runtime: 00:10:55
Sound: yes
File: high definition 1920×1080/24p ProRes422.
Also available in PAL— Please designate PAL at checkout. There is a PAL handling fee per order of $25.
