This short uses a musical suite to show Americans what they are fighting for in World War II. As an orchestra in military dress plays different "chapters" of the work, relevant excerpts from MGM films show the history of America. The chapters are: 1) Birth of Freedom; 2) The Land Divided; 3) Coming of Age: 4) Land of the Free. At the end, a chorus sings a patriotic exhortation. (Written by David Glagovsky)
Edward L. Cahn
Director, Writer
Polly James
Writer
Ray Teal
Master Sergeant - Orchestra Conductor (uncredited)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Guns of Navarone72%
Letters from Iwo Jima75%
The Devil's Disciple66%
Devotion70%
Lincoln68%
Zero58%
U-57165%
Emperor61%
The Alamo70%
Little Boy72%
Empire of the Sun75%
Midway70%
Tora! Tora! Tora!71%
The Thin Red Line74%
Top Secret!71%
Wolf Hound65%
The Battle of Midway59%
What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?58%
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones65%
The Hangover Part III62%
