Why We Fight World War II - The Battle of China / War Comes to America
Democracy's darkest hour. These acclaimed documentaries were made during World War II, using actual newsreel footage, by three OSCAR winners: producer-director Frank Capra (It Happened One Night, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, You Can't Take it with You) of the U.S. Army Signal Corps, composer Dimitir Tiomkin (High Noon, the High and the Mighty, The Old Man and the Sea) and actor-narrator Walter Huston (The Treasure of the Sierra Madre).The Battle of China: The sixth film illustrates Japan's occupation of China, including Madame Chiang Kai-Shek's stirring address before Congress, the rape of Nanking, the great 2,000-mile migration, and Claire Chennault's Flying Tigers.War Comes to American: The final film follows the gradual shift of opinion from isolationism to support for the war, and spotlights Edward R. Murrow reporting from a blitzed London and Charles Lindbergh arguing against helping England.