RespondingtothecallofPresidentRoosevelt,theeightmajorHollywoodstudiosdevotedtheirresourcesandtalentsintheserviceofthewareffort.Featurefilms,documentaries,cartoons:thousandsoffilmsareproducedforthegeneralpublicorthedifferentbranchesofthemilitary.Allserveapurpose:tomotivatethecommitmentofnewrecruits,assistinthetrainingoftroopsortotheorganisationofthehomefrontanddenouncetheNaziideology;toexacerbatethepatrioticfeeling…
Thegreatestmalestarsofthetimeputontheuniform:ClarkGable,JamesStewartandTyronePowerallactivelyparticipateincombatwhileMarleneDietrich,BetteDavisandRitaHayworthmobilisetoraisefundsorentertainthetroops.
Allproducers,actorsanddirectors,fromthemostfamousstarstomoreanonymoustechniciansanswerthecallofthegovernmenttosetupagiantpropagandamachineandproducehundredsoffilmstosupporttheAmericanWareffort.
THEHOLLYWOODWARportraysthisuniqueventureandoffersanoriginallookintotheSecondWorldWar,thehistoryofAmericaandthecinema.
