War Comes to America

1945 · 70 MIN · IMDB 6.8 · 875 VOTES · DIR. Frank Capra, Anatole Litvak

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Overview

The seventh and final film of Frank Capra's Why We Fight World War II propaganda film series. This entry attempts to describe the factors leading up to America's entry into the Second World War.

Dialogue Timeline — 134 lines

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00:51:01 ...to insure axis defeat.
00:51:29 ...for them as well as for ourselves."
00:52:31 ...against unprovoked attack.
00:52:51 Lend-lease was piling up in Murmansk and Iran for Russia.
00:53:24 "Two worlds are in conflict - two philosophies of life. One of these two worlds must break asunder"
00:53:57 ...under one control.
00:54:29 Japanese conquest of the Orient.
00:54:55 Against the axis with the resources of seven-tenths.
00:55:21 Thus an Axis victory in Europe and Asia would leave us alone and virtually surrounded.
00:55:46 These are the reasons why now, the first American troops...
00:56:34 If today, the Navy should make secure the seas
00:57:03 An aroused Congress repealed the entire Neutrality Act.
00:57:41 The only military power within striking distance of Japan.
00:58:07 Off to Washington went Special Ambassador Kuruso.
00:58:33 The Japanese were peace-loving people. Their whole policy was devoted to...
00:58:59 On November 17, Mr. Kuruso and Japanese...
00:59:22 On November 26th, our Secretary of State presented the Japanese with the bases of peaceful agreement...
01:00:21 to keep a one o'clock appointment that they had requested in order to present their...
01:02:05 2:20 p. M.
01:02:56 ...macho accusations against the United States."
01:03:23 Menacing the Empire's existence itself."
01:04:19 I ask that Congress declare, that since the unprovoked...
06:19:04 overran into Yugoslavia and Greece.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed134
Dialogue density1.9 lines / min
First line00:51:01
Final line06:19:04

Production Record

DirectorFrank Capra, Anatole Litvak
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes875