The Battle of Britain
Released: October 10, 1943Runtime: 53 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.
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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 Goring
as Self - with Hitler at the Berghof
Adolf Hitler
as Self - Führer und Reichskanzler
John B Hughes
as Narrator
Walter Huston
as Narrator
Frieda Inescort
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Alfred Jodl
as Self - Views Map with Hitler
Wilhelm Keitel
as Self - in Railway Carriage with Göring
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