| Description |
1 online resource (1 video file (approximately 52 min.)) : sound, color. |
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digital rda |
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video file rda |
| Series |
Restored classics, the Film Detective archive |
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Restored classics, the Film Detective archive.
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| Access |
Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Credits |
Directed by Frank Capra. |
| Performer |
Walter Huston, Victor Bulwer-Lytton. |
| 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. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Fascism -- Germany.
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Fascism -- Japan.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Causes.
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Propaganda, American.
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Motion pictures in propaganda -- United States.
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United States -- History -- 1933-1945.
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Germany -- History -- 1933-1945.
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Italy -- History -- 1922-1945.
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Japan -- History -- 1926-1945.
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| Genre/Form |
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Capra, Frank, 1897-1991, film director.
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Litvak, Anatole, 1902-1974, film director.
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Huston, Walter, 1884-1950, narrator.
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Lytton, Earl of, 1876-1947.
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| Added Title |
Why we fight. Prelude to war |
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hoopla (Digital media service)
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| Music No. |
MWT13560128 |
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