The authenticity of that document is not accepted by scholars today and is regarded as an anti-Japanese hoax, but the Tanaka Memorial was widely accepted as authentic in the 1930s and the 1940s because Japanese actions corresponded so closely to its plans. In 2000 the US Library of Congress deemed the films "culturally significant" and selected them for preservation in the National Film Registry.
It was originally written for American soldiers to help them understand why the United States was involved in the war, but US President Franklin Roosevelt ordered distribution for public viewing. Academy Award-winning filmmaker Frank Capra, daunted but impressed and challenged by Leni Riefenstahl's 1935 propaganda film Triumph of the Will, worked in direct response.
The authenticity of that document is not accepted by scholars today and is regarded as an anti-Japanese hoax, but the Tanaka Memorial was widely accepted as authentic in the 1930s and the 1940s because Japanese actions corresponded so closely to its plans. In 2000 the US Library of Congress deemed the films "culturally significant" and selected them for preservation in the National Film Registry.
Animated segments were produced by Walt Disney Productions, and the animated maps followed a convention of depicting Axis-occupied territory in black. ==Purpose== After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941 and America's subsequent joining World War II, American film director Frank Capra enlisted with the armed forces.
Why We Fight is a series of seven documentary films produced by the US Department of War from 1942 to 1945, during World War II.
This last film of the series was, and still is, one of the most graphic visual histories of the United States ever made." ==Production== Made from 1942 to 1945, the seven films range from 40 to 76 minutes in length, and all are available for free on DVD or online since they have always been public domain films produced by the US government.
Why We Fight is a series of seven documentary films produced by the US Department of War from 1942 to 1945, during World War II.
This last film of the series was, and still is, one of the most graphic visual histories of the United States ever made." ==Production== Made from 1942 to 1945, the seven films range from 40 to 76 minutes in length, and all are available for free on DVD or online since they have always been public domain films produced by the US government.
The authenticity of that document is not accepted by scholars today and is regarded as an anti-Japanese hoax, but the Tanaka Memorial was widely accepted as authentic in the 1930s and the 1940s because Japanese actions corresponded so closely to its plans. In 2000 the US Library of Congress deemed the films "culturally significant" and selected them for preservation in the National Film Registry.
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