Movie Review. Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror. 1942. Youtube.

A blatant WWII propaganda movie, adapted from the WWI propaganda Sherlock Holmes short story.

The purpose of the movie is to tell the working poor and underclasses of Britain why they should support the government in the war against Germany even tho the working poor and underclass are abused and exploited by the British capitalist class.

The reasons given were culture, we are also defending working class culture, Justice, the British justice system is worth defending against fascism, Home, London and by extension the rest of Britain is home to all. IMO these were good and true reasons.

The working class did support the war effort and as a reward they were given the National Health Service and social housing.

America made a similarly motivated WWII propaganda movie called "The Negro Soldier" by Frank Capra.

The reward was the Civil Rights Act.

The working classes had "Why We Fight" and the reward was the GI Bill and School Lunches.

Australia and India et al, being colonies, needed no reason to fight and were given no rewards.