Prelude To War

Starring:Josef Goebbels, Isoroku Yamamoto, Julius Streicher, Anthony Veiller, Alfred Rosenberg, Frank B. Kellogg, Hans Frank (III), Adolf Hitler, Joachim von Ribbentrop, Hirohito, Haile Selassie, Pierre Laval, Yosuke Matsuoka, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Hermann GÃ¶ring, Erich Ludendorff, Wendell Willkie, Benito Mussolini, Robert Anderson, Heinrich Himmler, Frank Capra
Director: Josef Goebbels, Anatole Litvak, Frank Capra
Studio: Platinum Disc
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War Classics 4 Pack - Desert Victory, The Great Battle of the Volga, Prelude to War, The Nazis Strike
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Release Date: 2006-04-18

Why We Fight World War II - Prelude to War & The Nazis Strike

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Prelude to War & The Nazis Strike
Concise, great photos & handy reference = good buy
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This movie will make you want to kill Nazis.

Why We Fight World War II - Prelude to War & The Nazis Strike
Starring: Josef Goebbels , Isoroku Yamamoto , Julius Streicher , Anthony Veiller , and Alfred Rosenberg
Director: Anatole Litvak , and Frank Capra
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ASIN: B00005B1XB
Release Date: 2001-05-29

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Prelude to War & The Nazis Strike.......2005-07-18

PRELUDE TO WAR (53 minutes) and THE NAZIS STRIKE (41minutes), both from 1943, are the first two films in Frank Capra's "Why We Fight" series, a series commissioned by the United States Government to explain first to the soldiers, then to the general public, America's involvement in World War II. They aren't documentaries in the general sense of the word, and they don't pretend a detached view of America or its Axis enemies. They're propaganda of the highest order.

PRELUDE TO WAR is the most wide-ranging movie in the series. It stretches back from Moses and the Ten Commandments to `we hold these truths to be self evident' to the Lincoln Memorial to establish America as one of the `lighthouses of liberty' of the Free World. Capra contrasts this with the Slave World of Germany, Italy, and Japan, where men `threw away their human dignity,' destroyed the temples of worship, indoctrinated the youth in the habits of militarism, and forsook free thought for blind obedience to their charismatic leaders. A lot of screen time is devoted to contrasting the regimented life in the Axis states to the free life in the rest of the world. Capra deserves full credit for this strong to overpowering approach, with a nod to series' editor William Hornbeck, who in his career was nominated for a number of Oscars, winning one in 1952 for Best Film Editing for A Place in the Sun. Japan's Tanaka Plan, it's `blueprint for world domination' is looked at in some detail, and Japan's invasion of Manchuria and China in the early '30s, phase one of the Tanaka Plan, is shown. The film ends with Italy's attack on Ethiopia in 1935.

THE NAZIS STRIKE devotes much of its time to `the German's passion for conquest.' Taking a more traditional documentary approach, it details the German bloodless invasion of Austria, its invasion and conquest of Czechoslovakia, the non-aggression pact entered into with Russia, and ends with the bloody invasion and conquest of Poland in 1939.

The `Why We Fight' series won't teach you a whole lot about the causes of World War II or all the reasons the United States entered the conflict. The films' primary goal are to inspire rather than inform. They were made for immediate consumption, and as such are valuable as primary source documents. If you want insight into how the `greatest generation' explained their actions to themselves, this is a very good place to start. The GoodTime Video release I'm reviewing is just in good condition. The less than pristine source print has obviously seen a lot of use over the years, is not restored, and has a few frames missing in places. It's value priced, though, so that's more of an observation than a complaint.

Concise, great photos & handy reference = good buy.......2005-06-17

"World War II - Prelude to War" Bookmart Ltd., Taj Books Ltd., 2005 ISBN 1-84509-166-3, HC, 112 pg., 9.5" x 9.5"

The text chronicles events giving rise to WWI, rise of Hitler & Nazi Germany. Contents include Introd. WWII (began 1938); Great War (WWI) began upon Serbian assissination of Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo, Bosnia on 6/28/1914; After Great War (Versailles Treaty, geo. & monetary reparations); Hitler & growth Nazi party (Great Depression & Jewish conspir.); Nazi propaganda (Nationalism, racial purity, SS troops): & tabulat. events Mar 11,1938 (Anschlos-annex. Austria) to Sep 2, 1945 (Japan signs).

DVD - 51 min. MPEG-2 in cover "Prelude to War" in B/W prod. by Special Services Div. War Depart. & AMP. It depicts rise of Hitler's Nazi-ism with "Seig Heil-Seig Heil", Hirohito's planned world takeover with "Bonsai-Bonsai" & Mussolini's Fascist grandiose "Duce! - Duce!". All 3 nations had youth organizations & Lebensraum mentality of perceived need for economic/land expansion driven by successes of Indust. Rev. & power-hungry opportunistic leaders.

The DVD is expertly done. Text lacks an obvious editor/author, is hastily assembled is grammatically flawed. Overall, highly informative: - shows 20 Nazi propaganda posters in color, 2 maps & 86 large B/W photos of Hitler & wartimes. Concise, excellent photos & good reference to have for the library. DVD a winner!

Well Done!.......2003-03-09

I've found it's hard to review such a piece without turning Amazon into my own private forum.

This is a thought provoking piece. Especially knowing what we know now. I learned a couple historical facts that I never knew and gained further understanding about the atmosphere at the time of WWII. After viewing this I found myself talking about it with family and friends, opening the door for dibate on issues of involvement and non-involvement. At what point should you go to war? How far can you dibate an issue before it's too late? The thought process is almost dizzying. This film gives a possible view of what might have happened should action not have been taken. I highly recommend this as both a learning source and also as something to provoke you into thought.

I also want to bring to attention that this is 2 out of ? number of films by Frank Capra. This is also sold as a set that includes all of the collection. These two films have left me hungry to see the rest of his work. I myself will probably end up buying the collection and wanted to recommend you make the same consideration.

Well done!.......2003-03-09

As a german blooded american (three generations removed), I'm constanly in search for understanding. As I've visited german websites I've become increasingly irratated by the anit-american views.* I believe america is a county of good intention, not that our intentions always work out well but, we try. I would never wish another Vietnam tragedy.

Is there a time to fight? Do you believe in shunning? Do you take a non-partisan view? In our current situation we should be all asking ourselves these questions. Imagine a world without diplomacy... What a crazy place that would be. But, what do you do when diplomacy fails? What do you do if there isn't a cop on the beat to intervene?

This film gives an idea of what might have happened. With this in mind I applaud the English, Australians, New Zealanders and Indians for stepping up to the plate and getting involved as quickly as they did.

This film is great food for thought and I question whether it shouldn't be required viewing in schools.

For those in search of german pride, I highly recommend "The Rommel Papers". You will read a tragic story of a true german soldier and a very honorable man. We could have used him on our side.

* The anti-american views were viewed only on a couple websites and in no way implicate that germany as a whole shares such views.

This movie will make you want to kill Nazis........2001-05-01

The heck with _Triumph of the Will_, Capra's got the Nazis beat! The whole cavalcade of human suffering during the war, the "gangsterism" of the Facists, even the racist stereotyping of the Japanese are woven together to create a moving, inspirational, and compeling history of World War II before the US got into the fight. This is both great entertainment and important primary historical documentation. No wonder they still show it on TV. Watch with your family, your children, and don't forget to bring some tissues.

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If For Nothing Else, See This For "Prelude To War"
NOT the EUGENE JARECKI FILM
Balanced, penetrating and deeply moving
Eisenhower's warning about the military-industrial complex still relevant
American Propoganda

Prelude To War
Starring: Josef Goebbels , Isoroku Yamamoto , Julius Streicher , Anthony Veiller , and Alfred Rosenberg
Director: Josef Goebbels , Anatole Litvak , and Frank Capra
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If For Nothing Else, See This For "Prelude To War".......2006-01-31

As the other reviewer noted, this is not the Eugene Jareki film. I was also linked here and thought it was because of the release date.

On the other hand, these DVDs - a two DVD set - include Capra's "Prelude to War". When you watch Prelude to War it is chilling because of the parallels between what Hitler did to take his Germany to war and what has been done here, now, to take the USA to war. My girlfriend and I watched that segment just because of the nostalgic value (We had just watched Strategic Air Command) and were almost in shock by the time it ended. Seriously. See Prelude to War for yourself and see if, intentionally or unintentionally, we aren't following Hitler's playbook verbatim. Right down to the need to monitor our own people. I realize those are strong words but if you see it for yourself you'll know what I mean.

These videos were ultra-patriotic films made during WWII. Kind of hard to argue with them over what was right and what was wrong about Hitler's, Himmler's, Goebbel's, etc methods and actions.

See for yousrelf. This WWII documentary/propaganda piece speaks volumes to what is happening in this country now. Sadly, it is just as relevent today as it was then, only this time it's happening here. It will scare the hell out of you.

NOT the EUGENE JARECKI FILM.......2006-01-30

I was linked to this page from the Eugene Jarecki film called Why We Fight, that was released on Jan 20, 2006, and uses the Eisenhower speech as its basis and is about the War in Iraq.
The Amazon description says this is a WW2 training film?!!!

The Eugene Jarecki film isn't out yet in DVD I don't think.....

Balanced, penetrating and deeply moving.......2006-01-30

If you're a patriot, if you're a pacifist, if you're a Christian, Muslim or Jew - do yourself and your fellow man a favor and see this documentary. This is no Michael Moore rant or a Chomsky polemic. This film explores the whole phenomena of the American military and the American empire in the voices of regular citizens like you and me as well as the players that make it happen today. It starts with Dwight Eisenhower's fairwell to the American people in which he cautions against the growth of the Military-Industrial complex and follows its growth up to the present telling the stories of people like a Vietnamese woman who emigrated in 1975 and is now a weapons engineer. There's the retired police officer whose son died in 9/11 and who we see moved along in his thinking as the war in Iraq develops. This film holds a mirror up to each one of us and asks us to take a long hard look at who we have become.

Eisenhower's warning about the military-industrial complex still relevant.......2006-01-28

This is a powerful and disturbing film, examining how the military-industrial complex (which President Eisenhower warned us about upon departing office in 1961) has twisted American's foreign policy for its own ends. The film-maker clearly has an agenda in terms of criticizing American foreign policy, but the film actually provides a fairly convincing case about the numerous conflicts of interests that exist and its negative effects. Whether you agree or not with all the film's conclusions, it raises issues that ought to be the topic of earnest and honest debate.

American Propoganda.......2004-07-18

These movies were perfect for the US troops in World War II. They caused anger in the troops. It made them want to fight.

As for being of historical value - well... they aren't. Take anything you watch with a grain of salt. Some of it may be true, some is not correct at all. The Americans use basic propoganda techniques like constantly repeating what Hitler said, and then showing what he did. The movies don't bother to tell how the political climate had changed and Hitler had been forced to act against what he had originally promised.

I'm a history professor at a well-established university (sorry, can't tell you which one... anonymity is key to survival). I would not use this to teach my classes. The real facts are very different from what the movies portray.

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The 2001 broadcast series Zone of the Enders: Dolores was released in conjunction with the OAV Zone of the Enders: 2167 and the PlayStation2 game. James Links continues his struggle to save his rather unpleasant children and return to his wife on Mars, which involves battling the U.N. army, Wired (an undercover Earth police force), a smuggler-warlord, and two deadly brothers. There are torture scenes, gun fights, ray gun fights, mecha fights, knife fights, fistfights, and plenty of blood. But everything hinges on Dolores, the superpowerful and subservient mecha who dreams of becoming Cinderella. The minimal plot involves improbable coincidences, impossible stunts, and violations of the basic laws of physics: it's only there to string together various battles. Zone of the Enders: Dolores might be an exciting game, but it's not much fun as a series. (Rated 15 and older: alcohol use, violence, brief nudity, risqué humor) --Charles Solomon

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The Links family has made it to Mars on a wing and prayer, but their troubles are far from over! For this rescue mission they need a hero, and fast! James Links doesn't want to be a hero except to his wife and children, but he'll have plenty of chances to practice for the role on Mars! Championing the people of a planet on the verge of insurrection, with the authorities still hot on his trail, this space trucker has more on his mind than any one man should have to cope with!

World War II - Vol. 1: Prelude to War/The Nazi Strike

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If For Nothing Else, See This For "Prelude To War"
NOT the EUGENE JARECKI FILM
Balanced, penetrating and deeply moving
Eisenhower's warning about the military-industrial complex still relevant
American Propoganda

World War II - Vol. 1: Prelude to War/The Nazi Strike
Starring: Josef Goebbels , Isoroku Yamamoto , Julius Streicher , Anthony Veiller , and Alfred Rosenberg
Director: Anatole Litvak , and Frank Capra
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If For Nothing Else, See This For "Prelude To War".......2006-01-31

NOT the EUGENE JARECKI FILM.......2006-01-30

Balanced, penetrating and deeply moving.......2006-01-30

Eisenhower's warning about the military-industrial complex still relevant.......2006-01-28

American Propoganda.......2004-07-18

These movies were perfect for the US troops in World War II. They caused anger in the troops. It made them want to fight.

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"Prelude to War", a famous propaganda film, was the U.S. Department of War's first installment in their "Why We Fight" series, a group of seven documentaries used to boost morale and encourage civilian support. This film contrasts the dictatorships of Germany, Italy, and Japan between WWI and WWII with American ideals in an effort to turn the tide of anti-militarism in the U.S. This fifty-three minute documentary was first shown as a training film for the United States Army and was later released as a theatrical production for civilian audiences. It defines two worlds that are so different they are bound to collide. One is a world of totalitarianism and brutality that is determined to conquer the world. The other is a group of allied nations that believe in freedom and democracy, but as the film points out, if they don't make a stand against the "slave" world, these values will be lost and fascism will reign.

The Second World War, Vol. 2: The Prelude to War/Blitzkrieg

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The Second World War, Vol. 1: The Concise History of World War Two
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