The Axis aim of total world conquest, as shown in Prelude to War. The Axis is depicted as seeking total world conquest. The Nazis are shown as first claiming Europe, then moving east through Iraq and Iran into India, then south to conquer Africa.
Once this is accomplished, the Nazis would cross the Atlantic Ocean from Dakar to Brazil - meeting up with the Japanese who have crossed the South Pacific.
Simultaneously, the Nazis would cross the North Atlantic Ocean from Scandinavia into Canada, meeting the Japanese forces pejoratively referred to as Germany's "buck-toothed pals" crossing from Siberia.
The combined Axis armies then overrun the United States. The film exposes the mendacity of Axis claims that they need living space due to their overpopulation, by showing that they deliberately encouraged a high birth rate in order to increase their military manpower. It also points out that while they claimed to lack raw materials, they were able to build enormous war machines.
The Nazi Wehrmacht is mentioned to have "30 Panzer divisions, 70 motorized divisions and infantry divisions". Many of these events seen in the film were documented by newsreel companies. The only footage in the film which appears with a visible source citation is a series of vox pops from a Pathe newsreel in which Americans voice their opinions for or against joining the war in Europe.
Some of the scenes in the film are recreations, which the film does not indicate. This may fall short of the journalistic standards of today, but Capra and his team had a war to win. The footage of the murders of opponents of the Axis powers is clearly staged, particularly as the murder of Japanese Viscount Sait? Makoto is seen from the point of view of the victim! And while the song the children sing at praising Hitler is real, American journalist Gregor Ziemer reported the song in his book Education for Death: The Making of the Nazi , and it was incorporated into the Nuremberg trials , the footage is an American imagining of such a scene.
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User reviews 21 Review. Top review. A great look at American propaganda. This film is a great opening to the entire series convincing and American public why they are entering WW II.
This film shows the viewer much more about American ideals right after the events of Dec 7th Some of the language is a little hard to handle and the overt nature makes the viewer laugh more than once, its great to look at old training videos as the try and instill a sense of pride in America and hate over the enemy.
Recommended viewing for anyone looking into WW II propaganda, also used as a good counter argument to Triumph of the Will. Cookie Nov 9, Details Edit. Release date May 27, United States. United States. Prelude to War. Army Special Service Division. Technical specs Edit. Runtime 52 minutes. Black and White. Related news. Sep 15 ScreenDaily. Contribute to this page Suggest an edit or add missing content.
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