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5 unusual facts about Prelude to War


Free World

In Prelude to War, the first film of that series, the "free world" is portrayed as a white planet, directly contrasted with the black planet called the "slave world".

Prelude to War

: For the similarly titled novel by Leslie Charteris, see Prelude for War.

In the two decades following World War I and the failure of the League of Nations, a spirit of isolationism became prevalent throughout the United States that persisted up to the attack on Pearl Harbor.

The film then describes just how outclassed Ethiopia was against Italy and how "we hadn't realized that peace for us involves peace for all" and saying that they would take up Hitler in their next film.

In order to do this, Capra made use of footage from Triumph of the Will, but with different narration designed to support the Allied cause.



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