Editing Why We Fight (section)

==Production==
[[File:Frank Capra.JPG|thumb|Frank Capra cutting film in 1943]]
Produced from 1942 to 1945, the seven installments range from 40 to 76 minutes in length, and all are available for free on [[DVD]] or online since they have always been [[public domain]] material by the US government. All are directed by [[Frank Capra]] and narrated by [[Walter Huston]] alongside radio actors [[Elliott Lewis (actor)|Elliott Lewis]], [[Harry von Zell]], film actor [[Lloyd Nolan]] and others. The score is performed by the [[Army Air Force Orchestra]].<ref>Eagan, Daniel. [https://books.google.com/books?id=deq3xI8OmCkC&pg=PA390 ''America's Film Legacy: The Authoritative Guide to the Landmark Movies in the National Film Registry'', pp.&nbsp;390&nbsp;f.] Continuum International (New York), 2010.</ref>

The films employed a great deal of [[stock footage]], including enemy propaganda (such as the Nazis' ''[[Triumph of the Will]]'') recontextualized to discredit its creators. Other scenes were performed. Animation was produced by [[Walt Disney Animation Studios|Disney Studios]]. The quotation ending each film ("The victory of the democracies can only be complete with the ''utter defeat'' of the war machines of Germany and Japan") is from the [[Chief of Staff of the United States Army|Army Chief of Staff]] [[George Marshall]].