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  • TV Episode | 53 min | Documentary, History, War

The World at War

On Our Way: U.S.A. 1939-1942 (Season 1, Episode 7)
TV Episode | 53 min | Documentary, History, War

The opposition to the United States' entry into the war, Lend Lease, U-boat attacks on Atlantic convoys and American responses, mobilization of America after Pearl Harbor, loss of the Philippines, Doolittle Raid, Midway and Guadalcanal.
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Updated Dec 12, 1973

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Dec 12, 1973 (United Kingdom)
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27 cast members
Name Known for
Laurence Olivier
Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice)   See fewer
Averell Harriman
Self - Roosevelt's Roving Ambassador Self - Roosevelt's Roving Ambassador   See fewer
George Ball
Self - Roosevelt Administration Self - Roosevelt Administration   See fewer
Norman Corwin
Self - Radio Commentator Self - Radio Commentator   See fewer
John Kenneth Galbraith
Self - Roosevelt Administration (as J. K. Galbraith) Self - Roosevelt Administration (as J. K. Galbraith)   See fewer
John J. McCloy
Self - Roosevelt's Assistant Secretary of War Self - Roosevelt's Assistant Secretary of War   See fewer
Edison Uno
Self - Japanese-American 1941 Self - Japanese-American 1941   See fewer
Isamu Noguchi
Self - Japanese-American 1941 Self - Japanese-American 1941   See fewer
Paul Samuelson
Self - Roosevelt Administration Self - Roosevelt Administration   See fewer
Richard Tregaskis
Self - War Correspondent Self - War Correspondent   See fewer
James Doolittle
Self - B-25 Raid on Japan (as General James Doolittle) Self - B-25 Raid on Japan (as General James Doolittle)   See fewer
Minoru Genda
Self - Planned Midway Invasion Self - Planned Midway Invasion   See fewer
Mitsuo Fuchida
Self - Aerial Commander Self - Aerial Commander   See fewer
J. Lawton Collins
Self - Commanding General, 25th Infantry Division at Guadalcanal (as General Lawton Collins) Self - Commanding General, 25th Infantry Division at Guadalcanal (as General Lawton Collins)   See fewer
Masataka Chihaya
Self - Japanese Navy Self - Japanese Navy   See fewer
Vannevar Bush
Self - Adviser to Roosevelt Self - Adviser to Roosevelt   See fewer
Sewell Avery
Self - Businessman (archive footage) (uncredited) Self - Businessman (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Winston Churchill
Self - P.M. of the U.K. (archive footage) (uncredited) Self - P.M. of the U.K. (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Bing Crosby
Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Olivia de Havilland
Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Bob Hope
Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Charles A. Lindbergh
Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Tyrone Power
Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Self - U.S. President (archive footage) (uncredited) Self - U.S. President (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Frank Sinatra
Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Self - U.S. Army General (archive footage) (uncredited) Self - U.S. Army General (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Wendell Willkie
Self - Presidential Nominee 1940 (archive footage) (uncredited) Self - Presidential Nominee 1940 (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
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