World War II: Prologue, U.S.A. (1956) Credits

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 * Encyclopaedia Britannica Films

Opening Titles

 * "World War II: Prologue, U.S.A."
 * © MCMLVI by Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Inc.
 * Copyright and All Rights of Reproduction, Including by Television, Reserved.
 * Produced by: Encyclopaedia Britannica Films
 * In Collaboration with: Henry Steele Commager, Ph.D., Columbia University
 * Hal Kopel, Producer
 * This film briefly reviews some of the events which led to the United States' entry into World War II. These events, recorded not only in the photographs which follow, but in newspapers, magazines and state papers, will continue to be interpreted for many years to come.
 * The historical scenes in this film are from The National Archives Washington, D.C.
 * Pearl Harbor in the Hawaiian Islands
 * December 7, 1941

Ending Titles

 * These words marked the entry of the United States into World War II, a war that ended three years and nine months later, with the defeat of the Axis powers.