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Answering President Roosevelt's call, Hollywood's eight major studios devoted their resources and their talents to the war effort. Drama, documentaries, cartoons: thousands of films were produced, meant either for the general public or for the different branches of the military. Episode 1. "From Berlin to Hollywood" Episode 2. "Star Wars" Episode 3. "The End of Innocence". (official distributor synopsis)
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Beauty. An absolute beauty, packed with content in all 3 parts. Full of period footage, examples of propaganda films, whether they were feature films or from Walt Disney, full of examples of posters of the time (for films, or pin-ups with girls for soldiers), examples of soldiers' backgrounds on the battlefields, or TV sketches promoting "true values" and inviting young men into the army and women across generations into the service of the factories where weapons were made. The whole thing is brilliantly structured, from mentions of the military service of Hollywood stars (e.g. Clark Gable as a combat instructor, or James Stewart as a bomber pilot), to examples of the monster projects of the studios that roused the nation with their films. And most importantly – it's all free of pathos, even if the material would suggest it. I recommend it to everyone, currently available on the archive of Czech Television.
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