Editing Why We Fight (section)

===Creating a powerful film idea===
Capra made his primary focus the creation of "one basic, powerful idea" that would spread and evolve into other related ideas. He considered one important idea that had always been in his thoughts:

{{blockquote|I thought of the Bible. There was one sentence in it that always gave me goose pimples: "Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free."<ref name=Capra />}}

As a result, his goal became to "let the ''enemy'' prove to our soldiers the enormity of his cause—and the justness of ours." He would compile enemy speeches, films, newsreels, newspaper articles, with a list of the enemy's hostile actions. He presented his ideas to other officers who were now assigned to help him:

{{blockquote|I told them of my hunch: Use the enemy's own films to expose their enslaving ends. Let our boys hear the Nazis and the Japs shout their own claims of master-race crud—and our fighting men will ''know'' why they are in uniform.<ref name=Capra />}}

Weeks later, after major efforts and disappointments, Capra located hard-to-reach archives within government facilities, and by avoiding normal channels, he was able to gain access:

{{blockquote|Peterson and I walked away on air. We had found the great cache of enemy films—and it was ours!<ref name=Capra />}}