During WWII Frank Capra directed this film titled 'War Comes To America'. -- The show was completed in 1945. 'War Comes To America' was shown in theaters throughout the country. By the end of the war over 54 million Americans of the 140 million 1945 population had seen the show. The war ended in 1945 with the surrender of Germany - May 8,9 and Japan September 2nd.

'War Comes To America' was the 7th film of the series 'Why We Fight'.

Capra worked on this series directly under 5 Star General George Marshall, Chief of Staff of the US Army. Marshall wanted documented, factual films that explain to our young Army men why we are fighting, and the principles we are fighting for, including the cause of freedom.

Capra's goal was to "let the enemy prove to our soldiers the enormity of their cause—and the justness of ours." To use the enemy's own films to expose their enslaving ends. To 'let our boys hear the Nazis and the Japs shout their own claims of master-race crud—and our fighting men will know why they are in uniform'.

Capra was already an established Hollywood director including films winning Academy Awards such as It Happened One Night (1934) and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939).

'War Comes To America' was edited to 58 minutes by reducing the opening minutes. The missing section about the American people is in the additional film 'Americans Before World War II' which includes significant events in America's history and their importance.
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'Why We Fight' - A series of seven films
Produced by the War Department - Army Pictorial Service
for the Information and Education Division
Music by the Army Air Force Orchestra

1. Prelude to War (1942; 51min 35s) (Academy Award for Documentary Feature)
2. The Nazis Strike (1943, 40min 20s)
3. Divide and Conquer (1943, 56min)
4. The Battle of Britain (1943, 51min 30s)
5. The Battle of Russia (1943, 76min 7s)
6. The Battle of China (1944, 62min 16s)
7. War Comes to America (1945, 64min 20s)
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Tags: WWII, Freedom, War, Peace, Immigrants, Manufacturing, Breadlines, Bonus March, Isolationists, Neutrality Act, Embargo, Roosevelt, Wendell Willkie, Gallup Poll, Life, Liberty, Happiness, Hitler, Germany, Japan,
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The full original show is here:
War Comes To America (1942)
https://youtu.be/mRecJPacSgY
66m12s

Americans Before World War II
https://youtu.be/OI91qA5pb7g
27m59s
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Show Links
Frank Capra - WWII Comes To America - Produced 1945
YouTube
https://youtu.be/Dbb2E90N2SQ Run Time: 57:59;11
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Also, this show is available for local public TV stations to broadcast.

Phone your local public TV station (LPTV) to request they broadcast this film to your local community. Your station can download the film in TV broadcast format, HD or SD, from www.PEGMedia.org . This film is available for broadcast from any LPTV station in the country - and world. Stations that use Telvue, DVDs or other media can contact us for instructions.
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