# 1942 U.S. GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTARY "THE WORLD AT WAR" EVENTS LEADING UP TO PEARL HARBOR 48904

"The World At War" is a 1942 documentary used to inform the American public of why the U.S. entered World War II and to rally support for the war effort. The film opens with Japanese planes flying in formation ( 00:59 ) then cuts to the aftermath of the attack on Pearl Harbor ( 01:47 ; 07:54 ). The USS Arizona is on fire and sinking. A surviving battleship leaves the harbor. Franklin D. Roosevelt speaks to a Joint Session of Congress ( 02:57 ) on 8 December 1941; people gather in public spaces to listen to the broadcast of the speech ( 04:25 ). Japanese Ambassador to the U.S. Kichisaburo Nomura leaves a building ( 03:55 ). The film then cuts to 20 February 1939 and the 20,000-person German American Bund rally in support of Nazi Germany at Madison Square Garden ( 06:36 ). Japanese forces invade Manchuria ( 07:58 ). The Chinese fight back ( 09:20 ) under Chiang Kai-shek but are no match for Japan. Italy creates an incident in order to invade Ethiopia; Benito Mussolini ( 10:30 ) speaks to cheering crowds. Italians and Japanese celebrate the two countries’ neutrality agreement at a Japanese stadium ( 11:00 ). On 13 March 1938, Adolf Hitler ( 11:32 ) and Nazi forces march into Austria. The film then presents war-torn Spain ( 11:52 ), where General Francisco Franco ( 12:40 ) rebels against the Republic. Hitler speaks in Munich ( 12:55 ), demanding that Czechoslovakia give up the Sudetenland. Hitler, Britain’s Chamberlain, Mussolini, and France’s Daladier sign the Munich Pact (…

- Kind: Documentary
- Genres: War, Documentary, Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/48904TheWorldAtWar)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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