
War Comes to America
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- 1945
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(0.00 / 0 votes)WHY WE FIGH A series of seven information films
Information Film #7
Produced by the:
WAR DEPARTMENT ARMY PICTORIAL SERVICE
For:
INFORMATION AND EDUCATION DIVISIONMusic by:
The Army Air Force OrchestraI pledge alliance to the flag, of
...and to the Republic for which it
stands one nation under God...
...indivisible with justice
and liberty for all...
...in the jungles of New Guinea,
...on the barren shores
of the Aleutians...
...in the tropic heat of
the Pacific Islands,
...in the sub-zero cold over
the skies of Germany,
...in Burma and Iceland,
...the Philippines and Iran,
...France,
...in China and Italy,
Americans, fighting.
Fighting over an area extending
seven-eights of the way around the world.
Men from the green hills of New England,
...the sun-baked plains of the Middle West,
the cotton fields of the South,
...the close-packed street of Manattan,
Chicago...
...the teaming factories of Detroit,
Los Angeles...
...the endless stretching
distances of the Southwest...
...men from the hills and from the plains,
men from the villages and the cities...
...Bookkeepers, soda jerks, mechanics,
...college student, rich man, poor man,
...beggar man, thief, doctor, lawyer,
merchant, chief, now veteran fighting men.
Yet two years ago, many had never fired a gun,
Seen the ocean, or been of the ground.
Americans. Fighting for their country
while half a world away from it.
Fighting for their country and
more than their country.
Fighting for an idea.
An idea bigger than the country.
Without the idea, the country might
only have remained a willingness.
Without the country, the idea might
have remained only a dream.
Over this ocean,
1607, Jamestown...
1620, Plymouth Rock...
Here was America.
The sea, the sky, the virgin continent.
We came in search of freedom, facing
Unknown dangers rather than bend...
...the knew of bow to tyranny.
Out of the native oak and pine, we built
a house, a church, a watchtower.
We cleared a field and there grew up
a colony of free citizens.
the green wilderness.
Virginia, Massachusetts,
Rhode Island, Carolina.
Then came the first test in
the defense of that liberty.
1775, Lexington
Our leader spoke our deepest needs.
Colonists are by the law of nature free-born,
as indeed all men are!"- James Otis
It is the right of the people to alter or abolish and to
institute new government."- Thomas Jefferson
These are the times that try mers souls."
- Thomas Paine
...but as for me, give me liberty or
give me death."- Patrick Henry
In the midst of battle it happened.
The idea grew. The idea took form.
Something new was expressed by men.
A new and revolutionary doctrine.
The greatest created force in human relations.
All men are created equal."
All men are entitled to the blessings life,
liberty and the pursuit of happiness."
That's the goal we had set for ourselves.
If it meant hanging, victory meant
a world in which Americans rule themselves.
1777, Valley Forge
We fought and froze, suffered and died.
For what? For the future freedom
of all Americans.
A few of us doubted and despaired,
most of us prayed and endured it all.
1781, Yorktown
Now we were a free-independent nation...
...the new idea had won its first test.
Now to pass it on to future Americans.
The Constitution. The sacred charter of
"We the people..."
The blood and sweat of "We the people..."
The life, liberty, and happiness of
"We the people..."
The people were to rule. Not some of the people,
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