Capra's Why We Fight series

NOV 02 2008

A short presentation on the US Army orientation series Frank Capra directed from 1942, made to explain the war to conscripts and to the public. Its method was to recut the enemy's own films under an authoritative narration and animated maps, so the argument appeared to come from evidence rather than from the government that commissioned it. The presenter's own framing is admiring, which is itself worth noticing.