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America's Unpreparedness
Year
1949
Language
ENGLISH
Duration
21m
Rating
TVPG
Performers
Dwight D. Eisenhower, Westbrook Van Voorhis, Hugh James, Omar N. Bradley
Publication Information
MPI Media Group
Summary
In 1940, the U.S. finally became sufficiently concerned about the state of her military forces to institute the first peace-time draft in American history. Film covers the various steps in the transformation of civilian draftees into soldiers and examines the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, and President Roosevelt's address to Congress recommending a declaration of war.