Why We Fight: The Battle of China

Why We Fight: The Battle of China

65 mins | Documentary, War | Nov. 1, 1944

The sixth film of Frank Capra's Why We Fight propaganda film series illustrates Japan's occupation of China, including Madame Chiang Kai-Shek's stirring address before congress, the rape of Nanking, the great 2,000 mile migration, and Claire Chennault's Flying Tigers.

Why We Fight: The Battle of China

65 mins | Documentary, War | Nov. 1, 1944

Why We Fight: The Battle of China
The sixth film of Frank Capra's Why We Fight propaganda film series illustrates Japan's occupation of China, including Madame Chiang Kai-Shek's stirring address before congress, the rape of Nanking, the great 2,000 mile migration, and Claire Chennault's Flying Tigers.
IMDb rating 7.0
Producers War Activities Committee of the Motion Pictures Industry, U.S. War Department
Original title Why We Fight: The Battle of China
Directors Anatole Litvak, Frank Capra
Writers

Cast

Anthony Veiller

as Narrator

Walter Huston

as Abraham Lincoln