AMERICA STORY OF US - WWII (45 minutes)
CAUSE OF WWII -->RISE OF DICTATORS IN EUROPE
Confessions of A Hitler Youth (30m)
GOVERNMENT PROPAGANDA FILMS
WHY WE FIGHT: PRELUDE TO WAR (War Dept. Film) 52m
1942 Propaganda film on Rise of fascism in Europe and threat to democracy
1942 Propaganda film on Rise of fascism in Europe and threat to democracy
WHY WE FIGHT: WAR COMES TO AMERICA (1H 6m)
1942 Propaganda film on world events that pulled the USA into WWII
1942 Propaganda film on world events that pulled the USA into WWII
YOUR JOB IN GERMANY (10m)
1945 US War Dept film (Frank Capra & Dr. Seuss) shown to US soldiers about to go on occupation duty in Germany just before VE Day.
1945 US War Dept film (Frank Capra & Dr. Seuss) shown to US soldiers about to go on occupation duty in Germany just before VE Day.
RATIONING OF FOOD - US Govt Film (6M)
Pearl Harbor - Victory at Sea Episode 2 - US NAVY film (26m29s)
FDR FIRESIDE CHAT AFTER PEARL HARBOR (9M)
"VOICE OF TRUTH" Dept of Treasury propaganda film using TOKYO ROSE broadcast as its conceit, to remind the audience of the stakes in the war.
TOKYO WOES: The 1945 Warner Brothers cartoon was only intended for viewing by the US Navy.
Nothing sells war quite like racism and the promise of a hero’s welcome after a quick and easy victory.
Nothing sells war quite like racism and the promise of a hero’s welcome after a quick and easy victory.
JAPANESE INCARCERATION
immigration to Concentration Camps - Densho. Click on the link for videos
1. A Community Grows, Despite Racism
2. Looking Like the Enemy
3. American Concentration Camps
4. Japanese-American Responses to Incarceration
5. Righting a Wrong
1. A Community Grows, Despite Racism
2. Looking Like the Enemy
3. American Concentration Camps
4. Japanese-American Responses to Incarceration
5. Righting a Wrong
JAPANESE RELOCATION - War Dept. Video (9m25s)
George Takei - "I am an American" interview
**WATCH ** REMEMBERING MANZANAR DOCUMENTARY -Manzanar National Park (22m)
Bret Kodama One-Two-One-Seven (13min)
WORLD WAR 2 - EUROPEAN THEATRE
Saving Private Ryan - Omaha Beach (21m) WARNING - GRAPHIC!
America Story of Us - D-Day (3m)
The Winter War: A Soviet Failure -- In the midst of WWII, Stalin decided to invade the small nation of Finland. It did not go the way he wanted it to. This is the story of the quagmire of 1939 that often isn't talked about between the Fins and the Russians. (7m)
Band of Brothers - Liberating Concentration Camp (10m)
10 BEST HOLOCAUST FILMS (15M)
WORLD WAR 2 - PACIFIC THEATRE
Tragedy of Bataan (15m)
Bataan Death March (10m45s)
Fighting in the Pacific - Windtalkers scene Japanese ambush in minefield
Hiroshima: Dropping the Bomb (4m36s)
Nagasaki Bombing (4m50s)
AMERICAN CONTRIBUTIONS
Tuskegee Airmen AKA Red Tails (7M)
Braceros - Mexican Farm Workers (5M)
Navajo Code Talkers - "Windtalkers" (2m45s)
Navajo Code Talkers (2m20s)
Fly Girls - WASPs (4m55s)
DR SEUSS CARTOONS
DISNEY PROPAGANDA FILMS
Donald Duck - Der Fuehrer's Face (with prologue) (9m16s)
Disney "All Together" Propaganda Film (1941) 2m59s
Donald Duck Gets Drafted (8m51s)
Disney "Spirit of 43" (1943) 6m
"The Thrifty Pig" (4m)
Disney "Food Will Win the War" (1942) 5m40s
Walt Disney's Education for Death - 1943 (10m9s)
Use with Graphic Organizer
Use with Graphic Organizer
Disney Commando Duck - Daffy Duck vs Japanese (1944) (6m55s)