There has been no attempt made in this series to be inspirational. War has not been painted as a delightful or glorious experience, but simply and straightforwardly as the cold, grim, scientific business that it is.

From the Fighting Men series of films (September 1942). "The Secondary or Psychological Phase of Training Films", Journal of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers (February 1944), p. 120; cited in Thomas Doherty, Projections of War (1993), ch. 4