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Frank Capra was assigned by the United States government to make seven orientation films to explain to more than nine million Americans in uniform the reasons for United States entry into World War II.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
S00934
Language
English
Subject category
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → World War, 1939-1945
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White