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A film about America between the world wars that attempts to capture and interpret the vital moving forces in American society that caused the United States to emerge by the end of World War II as a dominant world power.
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Pia Colombo ...
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Pierre Andrieux ...
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Jacques Castelot ...
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Frédéric Rossif

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Jean-François Bergery ... (commentary)
 
Caroline Rittener ... (writer)

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Robert Amon ... executive producer

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Eddie Harris ... (music composed and conducted by)

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Françoise Duez

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Anne-Marie Engerer ... assistant editor
Dominique Engerer ... assistant editor
Agnès Molinard ... assistant editor

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Denis Derrien ... assistant director

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This film about America between the wars (1917-1939) attempts to capture and interpret the vital moving forces in American society that caused the United States to emerge by the end of World War II as a dominant world power. Although the film stresses violence and the zanier side of American culture, director Frédéric Rossif believes these aspects help to explain the inner thrust that put the U.S. where they are. Rossif obtained about thirty thousand feet of motion picture footage from the audiovisual holdings of the National Archives relating to such objects as the Bonus Marches of the 1930's, rural poverty, Negroes, city life, assembly lines and other industrial processes, and social life including music and dancing. Written by Anonymous

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Also Known As
  • Why America (World-wide, English title)
  • Rendezvous with Destiny (United States)
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  • 100 min
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