Why We Fight

designed to facilitate the development of an informed and intelligent understanding, at home and abroad, of the status and progress of the war effort and of the war policies, activities, and aims of the Government.” Roosevelt gave the department the power to spread and create the information, which will “accurately” inform the audiences. He also gave the office the power to “Review, clear, and approve all proposed radio and motion picture programs…” The department became an official government propaganda tool. During the war years thousands of propaganda films were produced in Hollywood under the OWI’s supervision. The films were informing the public about the World War II and American mission in it; they were motivating Americans to fight. In my research paper I will be analyzing the biggest World War II propaganda films, their political and racial context. Soon after its establishment, OWI issued numerous of guidelines to follow. The guidelines made hundreds of pages when printed in books, which Hollywood executives needed to study. Most of the films had no problems following the rules. The wartime titles and plots relied on narrow, one-sided understandings of the subject and had stereotypical characters. The Motion Picture Industry retained its morals and remained optimistic during the war years. The propaganda films reassured the American public about the righteousness of the American cause in the war. Audiences were unaware of the government manipulation. An American…

A Critical Appraisal of Why We Fight Why We Fight (Jarecki 2005) is a documentary that is based on the American military force and especially its operations since World War II. The documentary focuses on the reasons behind the foreign military policy of the United States of America. It uses the invasion of Iraq in 2003 as an example to explain this policy. It covers multiple concepts, the most important one being the military industrial complex. Is the American foreign military policy in its own…

The method through which these texts attempt to meet the purpose of production emphasises the role of film as a shared cultural event. In particular, the Why We Fight series, as it intends to trigger a dialogue that changes attitudes within society, allows for a consideration of the process of spectatorship by those at war. It is important to note Robert Rosenstone’s assertion that historical information in film only “fully [satisfies] … the “filmgoer”, not “the historian”, due to the inherent…

Why We Fight The Why We Fight Series was a series of films produced by Frank Capra in 1942 for the Department of War. The videos were used to train new incoming military recruits and get them excited for the war. The movies showed army recruits as well as American public the history of many different historical wars and used them to show what the United States could gain from joining World War II. The series pretended to inform the American public, but they were really trying to change the…

After watching the video “Why We Fight”, I found out it was interesting that people did not know why America began the war. America is the freedom country as people know. However, through this video, I am not sure what does freedom mean for America government. That is why they took benefit from other country and do not care if people died or raped. In my opinion, it was a cruel way to get freedom in the USA. After reading the chapter “Watching Big Brother,” it was shocked me that the textbook…

Why We Fight On December 7th of 1941, an attack on Pearl Harbor that was just the beginning of America’s involvement in World War II. The propaganda film, Why We Fight, shows many examples that lead up to this attack. The film explains the rise of Nazis and how wide spread they were becoming, along with the invasion of Manchuria by the Japanese. It also includes other motivations as to why America needed to be included in this war between other countries. The Neutrality Act helped Woodrow…

Carl Hovland, a social psychologist at Yale University conducted breakthrough research regarding persuasion and social influence. During World War II, Hovland was approached by the United States Army to study the morale of the soldiers preparing to go off and fight. The nation’s president at the time, Franklin D. Roosevelt, was concerned that the soldiers were going to lose the fight with Japan after having just defeated the German Nazis. The War Department hired Frank Capra, from Fox and Disney…

“Before we find world peace, we gotta find peace and end the war on the streets” Tupac Shakur - Quote from John F. Kennedy. Sometimes it is necessary to fight for freedom. We sometimes have to fight to protect and sometimes, in the worst cases, we have to kill for surviving. It is impossible to kill for peace. When you dirty your shirt, you can clean it. But when you dirty your shirt with another human’s blood, can you then clean it up? We are fighting, invading and killing, we can impossible…

repercussions. In the novel We there are three characters that have different motivators to rise against the government. Mainly speaking of O-90 who wants to get pregnant, even though it is prohibited by One State if the pregnancy is not approved. She begs D-503 to help her, but he is hesitant to do so because he is aware of the consequences. O-90 says, I must have a child and I’ll leave, I’ll leave!’ ….‘What? You suddenly feel like going on the Benefactor’s Machine?’ Then her words flooded on…

Both the telescreens and the seashell radios distract the masses’ and prevent them from thinking and realizing that there is something wrong with their society. Both Orwell and Bradbury use these tools to spread their message on the value of abstract thinking and knowledge as well as importance of individualism. The main reason why conformity in 1984 is different from conformity in Fahrenheit 451 is because of their government. In 1984, the Party controls everything and sets all the rules, it…