Why America (1970)

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.

Cast (6)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

F

Françoise Christophe

Narrator

Pia Colombo

Narrator

P

Pierre Andrieux

Narrator

Jacques Castelot

Narrator

Al Capone

Self (archive footage)

L

Louis Armstrong

Self (archive footage)

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