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Why We Fight Series

Why We Fight Series. Directed by Frank Capra Series of seven propaganda films commissioned by the United States government during WWII. The aim of the films was to convince an isolationist nation the need to become involved in WWII. Sergeant York. 1941 - Directed by Howard Hawks

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Why We Fight Series

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  1. Why We Fight Series • Directed by Frank Capra • Series of seven propaganda films commissioned by the United States government during WWII. • The aim of the films was to convince an isolationist nation the need to become involved in WWII.

  2. Sergeant York 1941 - Directed by Howard Hawks Starring Gary Cooper as a backwoods conscientious objector pacifist from Tennessee. Gary Cooper won the Best Actor Academy Award for his role. Film was a biography of the most decorated and famous American War hero of WWI, Sergeant Alvin C. York.

  3. The Guns of Navarone • Directed by J. Lee Thompson - 1961 • WWII action-adventure • A British team is sent to cross occupied Greek territory and destroy the massive German gun emplacement that commands a key sea channel • Starring Gregory Peck, Anthony Quinn, and David Niven • Nominated to 7 oscars, won for Best Effects

  4. Stalag 17 • Directed by Billy Wilder - 1953 • Starring William Holden in an Oscar-winning role. • About a group of prisoners trying to escape a German POW camp • Mixes broad comedy and drama

  5. Sands of Iwo Jima • Directed by Allan Dwan in 1949 • Starring John Wayne in an Oscar-nominated role. • A dramatization of the battle of Iwo Jima • Utilizes actual battle footage to heighten sense of realism.

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