The Nazis Strike is a 1943 film directed by Frank Capra. It was one of seven films in the “Why We Fight” series. Absolutely fascinating.
The Nazis Strike is a 1943 film directed by Frank Capra. It was one of seven films in the “Why We Fight” series. Absolutely fascinating.
When Frank Capra opened his famous movie – “Mr. Smith goes to Washington” in Washington DC – and all hell broke loose. The movie was about Washington DC corruption. Just a reminder, there was hardly a Republican left in the nation’s capital in those days and the Roosevelt Admin was full of hard Left Communists.
Not much has changed in 80 years
Marc Eliot on the response:
“The very next day, senator after senator and political columnist after political columnist publicly questioned the film’s depiction of the everyday mechanics of American politics. Washington columnist Willard Edwards wrote that at the premiere “members of the Senate were writhing in their seats [over their] resentment … the Senate believes itself to have been maligned by the motion picture industry [and] is preparing to strike back at Hollywood. Frederic William Wile of the Washington Star wrote what was perhaps the most stinging attack on Capra when he insisted that the film “shows up the democratic system and our vaunted free press in exactly the colors Hitler, Mussolini, and Stalin are fond of painting them.”
The controversy quickly took on a life of its own, with Capra taking virtually all of the heat, while the film’s stars, especially Jimmy, managed to avoid the fray. When things got too hot for Capra, he rather unfortunately suggested that maybe the blame really belonged to the film’s screenwriter, Buchman, who was, Capra reminded everyone, a member of the Communist party, someone who’d “betrayed” everyone (including Capra himself) by inserting certain party “codes” into the movie.
Much to the relief of Capra and Cohn, the film’s public premiere a week later, at New York’s Radio City Music Hall, brought rave reviews from the general press, and it went on to become a box-office blockbuster.”
there’s a lot of videos and commentary going on the various history channels re WWII.
what a bloody ungodly mess. it reaffirms my increasing gratitude to the generation that was forced by the ALWAYS inept politishuns, of that time, who set the stage and gleefully sent so many to an early end.
the contempt continues to this very day, feel free to check the archive on my views of harper dispatching a brigade of lawyers to stomp all over the class action suit, and justine our very own cummuniiiiist pm continuing to lieberal tradition in many more ways.
A song that was produced in retribution to the hurt that Hitler that Hitler had bestowed upon Europe.
https://youtu.be/UgXyVL7KgAY
No mention at all of Stalin’s foray into Poland that same bloody autumn.
Viewing that Nuremburg rally always makes my arse pucker.
In Sept. 1939 two countries invaded Poland. Britain/France went to war against one but not the other.
Moral of the story: invading Poland is wrong if Big, Bad Germany does it but not if Sweet Little Russia does it.
Double standards — twice as good.
Might be worth while to see “Darkest Hour” and gain insight to the Defence Mess of Britain.
The sacrifice of the British Battalion to gain time, even a day, for Dunkirk has mitigated my scorn for Churchill’s decision of Dieppe.
Chamberlain’s Role in the Film carries his reputation stain into further generations. Whether He, Chamberlain was a Weak Prime Minister it must be remembered Viscount Halifax & the Royal Family especially Edward the VIII, were Germanphiles. That is until George the VI supported Churchill.
(King George VI shown in the Film as visiting Churchill-Fact?)
Thank you! I love these. Another really good series is World at War, created by Jeremy Isaacs & Narrated by Lawrence Olivier. It is a huge series that is well organized, and has tons of interviews with veterans themselves too. It runs about 22 hours in total, it is 26 episodes.
ooooohhhh ya. I bought this when it came out on DVD.
the actual participants, observers and analysts by the dozen.
without the flag waving boasting american type approach.
I just ordered this set from Amazon.
Thanks Robert. I have seen this film before, but it is great to watch it again and be reminded. Unfortunately this time the enemy within is softening us up for the enemy from without.