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Frank Capra’s “Why We Fight: The Battle of China” Online

Posted: August 25th, 2010 | 1 Comment »

During the war Hollywood mobilised and the U.S. Army Special Service Division got Frank Capra to direct Why We Fight, a seven part propaganda/documentary series that traced the earliest beginnings of the Second World War starting with Japan’s invasion of China in 1931, to the Nazi’s march across Europe. IMDB has uploaded the 1943 Why We Fight: The Battle of China episode in its entirety. Well worth a watch – click here

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One Comment on “Frank Capra’s “Why We Fight: The Battle of China” Online”

  1. 1 Robin Lung said at 4:18 am on September 11th, 2010:

    FYI, Capra used sections of KUKAN in this BATTLE OF CHINA doc. I’m pretty sure scenes of the Burma Road and bombing of Chungking came from KUKAN.

    aloha, Robin

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