GOLDEN AGE

The World at War (1942)

194244mdir. Lowell MellettUnited Statespropaganda film

Note: this print runs 44 minutes against a recorded 66 minutes. It is the best copy we have found; we keep looking for a complete print.

Directed by Lowell Mellett

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The World at War is a 1942 documentary film produced by the Office of War Information's Bureau of Motion Pictures. One of the earliest long length films made by the United States government during the war, it attempted to explain the large picture of why the United States was at war, and the various causes and circumstances which brought the war into being.

Synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Streaming from the Internet Archive.

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The World at War dates from 1942, directed by Lowell Mellett. On MOVIE REWIND it plays on the GOLDEN AGE channel.

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