ID

FBW001200      Documentary

Country / Year

USA, 1943

Original Title

The Nazi Strike. Special Service Division Fim No. 2 \\ Why We Fight

Other Title(s)

Why We Fight. A Series of Seven Information Films // The Nazi Strike. Special Service Division Film No. 2

Directed by

Frank Capra (Lt. Col.), Anatole Litvak (Lt. Col.)

Produced by

US War Department Special Service Division S.O.S. / US Army Signal Corps

Staff

Producer: Frank Capra (Lt. Col.); Production assistance: Edgar Peterson; Script: Anthony Veiller (Capt.), Eric Knight (Maj.); Editing: Henry Berman; Assistant editing: Arthur Kramer (Sgt.); Sound: Clem Portman; Music: Alfred Newman, Roy Webb, John Leipold, Sidney Cutner, Leigh Harline, Anthony Collins, Dimitri Tiomkin; Musical direction: Dimitri Tiomkin, Morris W. Stoloff; Narration: Walter Huston, Anthony Veiller (Capt.)

Length

1125 m / 42'

Format

35mm/sw/1:1,37

Further Remarks

- Animation: Walt Disney Productions, Los Angeles

Subject Terms

Anschluss; Invasion of Poland; War plans; Seizure of power; Austria; Poland

Bibliography

- Skirball, Sheba F.: Films of the Holocaust. An Annotated Filmography of Collections in Israel. New York, NY: Garland, 1990
- King Hanson, Patricia (Ed.): Meet Frank Capra. A Catalog of His Work. Washington, DC: American Film Institute / Los Angeles, CA: National Center for Film and Video Preservation, 1990