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You've seen the films, read the comics, but have probably forgotten these Fleischer brother cartoons of Superman from the 1940s. Here the Man of Steel doesn't just battle mad scientists and creatures from outer space, but lends his bulging biceps to America's war effort, taking on Japanese spies attempting to steal a new airplane. »
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On overseas duty in the Japanese city of Yokohama, Superman joins himself to the American war effort, hitting the Japanese military industry where it hurts. Until, that is, the Japanese get miffed and decide to put Lois in front of a firing squad. »
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While reporting on American troop movements, Lois somehow finds herself stranded in the African jungle, where - quelle horreur! - she stumbles across some nasty Nazis. Facing instant immolation at the stake - a la Joan of Arc - can Lois get herself out of yet another fine mess, or must she depend on the Man of Steel coming to her rescue? »
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Produced in 1945 for the War Finance division of the US Treasury Department with the objective of spurring the sale of American War Bonds, My Japan is a curious piece of anti-Japanese propaganda. The film is presented as being a Japanese person's view of the war and of American citizens in general. »
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The time is the 1930s, the place, Tokyo, Japan. Nick Condon (James Cagney) is a Judo-loving American newspaper editor on a crusade to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. Even when the truth is the last thing is host country wants the world to read. When he publishes a world-exlcusive revealing Japan's secret plans for world domination all hell breaks loose and Condon must fight for his life, and the life of the woman (Sylvia Sidney) he's just fallen in love with. »
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Considered one of the most important films in the history of film, as well as possibly Eisenstein's greatest work, Battleship Potemkin brought Eisenstein's theories of cinema art to the world in a powerful showcase; his emphasis on montage, his stress of intellectual contact, and his treatment of the mass instead of the individual as the protagonist. »
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Lois and Clarke are undercover at the Metropolis Munitions Works, where dirty deeds are afoot. Can Lois foil the saboteurs on her own, or will she wind up gagged and bound - again! - and needing the man with the big red cape to come to her rescue? »
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A wealthy man offers a million dollars to whoever captures Adolf Hitler dead or alive. A group of gangsters take him up on this offer and after hijacking a Canadian Air Force plane are dropped into Germany. Their delusions about Hitler being just another cheap crook are shattered when they discover that knocking off Hitler wouldn't necessarily bring about the end of the war and they must decide what's more important: lining their pocketbooks or letting the military do their job. »
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Prelude to War (1942) was the first film of Frank Capra's the Why We Fight propaganda film series and won the 1942 Academy Award for Documentary Feature. World War II is introduced in black and white terms, with Henry Wallace's quote "This is a fight between a free world and a slave world" pictorialized with the "free world" of the Allies as a brightly-illuminated planet and the "slave world" of the Axis Powers as a planet deep in shadow. »
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The Nazis Strike (1943) was the second film of Frank Capras Why We Fight propaganda film series. The film introduces Germany as a nation whose aggressive ambitions began in 1863 with Otto von Bismarck and with the Nazis as their latest incarnation. Hitlers war machine sweeps into Austria, Czechoslovakia and Poland. A disturbing look at the relentless enslavement of a continent by the forces of fascism. »
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Divide and Conquer (1943) was the third film of Frank Capra's Why We Fight propaganda film series. The film begins immediately after the fall of Poland and dealing with the Nazi conquest of Western Europe in 1940. The film covers the Nazi capture of Denmark and Norway, steps necessary to mount a future attack on Britain, then describes in detail Hitler's strategy as he conquers Luxembourg, Belgium and the Netherlands. »
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The Battle of Britain was the fourth of Frank Capra's Why We Fight series. It was released in 1943 and concentrated on the German bombardment of the United Kingdom in anticipation of Operation Sealion during the Second World War. Once firmly in control of the parts of France and Norway closest to Great Britain, the Nazis commence their massive air assault on the British isles. »
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The Battle of Russia (1943) was the fifth film of Frank Capra's Why We Fight propaganda film series. It is the longest film of the series, beginning with an overview of previous failed attempts to conquer Russia: by the Teutonic Knights in 1212 (footage from Sergei Eisenstein's film Alexander Nevsky is used here), by Charles XII of Sweden in 1704, by Napoleon I in 1812 and by Imperial Germany in World War I. »
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