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

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
Director: Anatole Litvak, Frank Capra
Studio: Madacy Records
Product Type: DVD

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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
Manufacturer: Madacy Records
ProductGroup: DVD
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ASIN: 6304870647
Release Date: 1997-12-09

Customer Reviews:

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.

As I said... They served their purpose to boost morale in the troops back in 1944-45... but to the general public it is just hogwash.

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