Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain

Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain

53 mins | Documentary, War | Oct. 10, 1943

The fourth of Frank Capra's Why We Fight series of seven propaganda films, which made the case for fighting and winning the Second World War. It was released in 1943 and concentrated on the German bombardment of the United Kingdom in anticipation of Operation Sea Lion, the planned German invasion.

Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain

53 mins | Documentary, War | Oct. 10, 1943

Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain
The fourth of Frank Capra's Why We Fight series of seven propaganda films, which made the case for fighting and winning the Second World War. It was released in 1943 and concentrated on the German bombardment of the United Kingdom in anticipation of Operation Sea Lion, the planned German invasion.
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers War Activities Committee of the Motion Pictures Industry, U.S. War Department
Original title Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain
Directors Anthony Veiller, Frank Capra
Writers

Cast

Walter Huston

as Narrator

Frieda Inescort

as Narrator

John B. Hughes

as Narrator