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Through films such as Alfred Hitchcock’s in 1940 and Winston Churchill’s “We Shall Never Surrender” speech, the British made urgent appeals to the United States and the American people in hopes of drawing them into the war against the Nazi menace. For instance, Hitchcock’s film reminded Americans that “it’s as if the lights were all out everywhere, except in America. Keep those lights burning there. Cover them with steel, bring them with guns, build a canopy of battleships and bombing planes around them. Hello America! Hang on to your lights, they’re the only lights left in the world!”