U.S. Office of War InformationWorld at War (Part I) (1942)

Portrayal of the steps that led up to Pearl Harbor and total mobilization of World War II.

This item is part of the collection: Prelinger Archives

Producer: U.S. Office of War Information
Audio/Visual: Sd, B&W
Keywords: World War II: General

Creative Commons license: Public Domain

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Reviewer: babysprite - - July 4, 2008
Subject: superb documentary

Given the time for which this film was produced, it is a superb documentary of the events leading up to our involvement to the second world war. As Frank Capra had also done, this film lets the documented facts speak for themselves, a brilliantly simple. propaganda technique.

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Reviewer: Spuzz - - April 25, 2005
Subject: 'Carpentry'

Very well put together history of the events leading up to the war using mostly news archives from the US, and as well from other news organizations. This has a lot of footage you've seen before, (aka the taking over of Germany, Pearl Harbor) and some you havent (Whoa! I never knew the Nazi Party had a rally in NYC, In Madison Square Garden no less!!) so some of it is quite fascinating. The first half is better than the second half, which is, excuse the term, a bit pedestrian. And there's some rather spotty editing, not too sure if it's splices or what, but some scenes are badly put together. But still, amazing footage!

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A feature length motion picture presenting step-by-step the events which led up to Pearl Harbor and total war. History, filmed as it happened, shows the massacre of Ethiopia, the invasion of Austria and Czechoslovakia, the blitz of Poland, the tragic fall of France. Material was taken from secret government archives.