Editing Why We Fight (section)

===Countering enemy propaganda films===
Shortly after his meeting with General Marshall, Capra viewed [[Leni Riefenstahl]]'s "terrifying motion picture", ''[[Triumph of the Will]]''. Capra describes the film as "the ominous prelude of Hitler's holocaust of hate. Satan couldn't have devised a more blood-chilling super-spectacle.&nbsp;... Though panoplied with all the pomp and mystical trappings of a Wagnerian opera, its message was as blunt and brutal as a lead pipe: We, the Herrenvolk, are the new invincible gods!"<ref name=Capra />{{Page needed | date = August 2014}}

According to Capra, ''Triumph of the Will'' "fired no gun, dropped no bombs. But as a psychological weapon aimed at destroying the will to resist, it was just as lethal." Capra still had no assistants or facilities, and he began to see his assignment as overwhelming:

{{blockquote|I sat alone and pondered. How could I mount a counterattack against ''Triumph of the Will''; keep alive ''our'' will to resist the master race? I was alone; no studio, no equipment, no personnel.<ref name=Capra />{{Page needed | date = August 2014}} }}