The Battle of Britain (1943)
54 min
The fourth of Frank Capra's Why We Fight series of seven propaganda films, which made the case for fighting and winning the Second World War. It was released in 1943 and concentrated on the German bombardment of the United Kingdom in anticipation of Operation Sea Lion, the planned German invasion.
- Release date
- October 10, 1943
- Country of origin
- United States
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Cast
- Walter Huston as Narrator
- Frieda Inescort as Narrator
- Douglas Bader as Self (after downing Me-109 and Dornier)
- Douglas Bader as Self (after downing Me-109 and Dornier)
- Arno Breker as Self - Views Eiffel Tower with Hitler and Speer
- Winston Churchill as Self - with Londoners, Donates Coin on Street
- Hermann Göring as Self - with Hitler at the Berghof
- Adolf Hitler as Self - Führer und Reichskanzler
- John B. Hughes as Narrator
- Alfred Jodl as Self - Views Map with Hitler
- Wilhelm Keitel as Self - in Railway Carriage with Göring
Crew
- Douglas Bader · Archive footage
- Arno Breker · Archive footage
- Winston Churchill · Archive footage
- Hermann Göring · Archive footage
- Adolf Hitler · Archive footage
- Alfred Jodl · Archive footage
- Wilhelm Keitel · Archive footage
- Julius J. Epstein · Writer