Here's one of John Nesbitt's THE PASSING PARADE shorts for MGM in which he imagines the reaction to the end of the 'Phony War' phase of World War Two in the spring of 1940. This was the period from September of 1939 through the end of the winter, when war had been declared in Europe.... and there was no fighting. Then Germany attacked Holland and Belgium to outflank France in Blitzkrieg, and the war turned very real.
In many ways, this is the American response to. Humphrey Jennings' LONDON CAN TAKE IT!, but while Jennings' film was a statement that if the world can supply the arms, the British would stand firm, this was a statement that we were preparing; we might still be nominally at peace, but we were preparing for war before it came. Lend Lease and eventually American soldiers would be on the way t help London take it.
In many ways, this is the American response to. Humphrey Jennings' LONDON CAN TAKE IT!, but while Jennings' film was a statement that if the world can supply the arms, the British would stand firm, this was a statement that we were preparing; we might still be nominally at peace, but we were preparing for war before it came. Lend Lease and eventually American soldiers would be on the way t help London take it.