Product Details

• Actors: Anthony Veiller, Walter Huston, Ion Antonescu, Nikolai Cherkasov, Anthony Eden
• Directors: Anthony Veiller, Anatole Litvak, Frank Capra
• Writers: Anthony Veiller, Adolf Hitler, Anatole Litvak, Confucius, Emma Lazarus
• Format: Box set, Black & White, EP, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 7
• Studio: Rhino / Wea
• VHS Release Date: August 18, 1998
• Run Time: 420 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 1566054125
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #455,476 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Customer Reviews

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15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Terrific propaganda series, June 14, 2001

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Chapulina R (Tovarischi Imports, USA/RUS) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Why We Fight - World War II Story [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This series of films was created by the US War Department to appeal to Americans' commitment to the War. These are not documentaries, and it's not fair to rate them as such. Successful War propaganda has to vilify the Enemy, ennoble the Allies, evoke compassion for the victims, arouse patriotic zeal, and exhort to battle and sacrifice. This series accomplished all of that, thus it earns my five star rating for achieving its primary purpose. "Why We Fight" has modern historical value in its archival black-and-white film footage. Some of this is rarely seen elsewhere! Particularly fascinating are the segments on the rise of the Reich in Germany, the invasion and defence of Russia, and the bombing of London. Also enjoyable is the quaint, fervid narrative style, so remniscent of 1940's newsreels. Films such as these helped convince the American public we had to get involved in another terrible war. The freedom of the world depended on it!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Superb, May 6, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Why We Fight - World War II Story [VHS] (VHS Tape)

When the U.S. government undertook this project, it obtained the services of top director Frank Capra, who delivered a series of top-quality documentary films. Although a bit dated (and somewhat heavy on the propaganda), the series is nonetheless fascinating, and well worth watching again and again.

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Memorabilia from my youth, December 22, 2001

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John Darby (Hemet, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Why We Fight - World War II Story [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This video brings to mind my first days in training during
WWII. In basic training in 1944,we were marched weekly to a base theater where these films were shown to us to explain why we were there. I never got to see all of them, because I was shipped from one branch of the Army to another and each time I got just so far into the series and was transferred to another base. I remember there was some opposition from mothers that we were too young to see such violence and blood-shed and I recall that I thought,"How stupid. If we get sent to the front, we'll see a lot more than these black & white films.". I was very glad
to pick up a set last year. I am trying to find another.