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Casablanca is one of the most beloved films ever made. Its one of the finest examples of Hollywood firing on all cylinders, combining the effort of some of Hollywood's best and brightest Humphry Bogart, Ingrid Burgman, Micheal Curtez, Arther Edson, Max Stiner and more.

Casablanca tells the story of, Rick Blaine, a nightclub owner in the refugee-port city of Casablanca comes across official letters of transit, letters that would allow him and one other person to finally leave Casablanca for good, but his plans are complicated when his former love arrives in town on the arm of wanted resistance leader.

But deeper than that its story of America, it's multicultural roots as a beacon for those fleeing tyranny, and decision to abandon its isolationist policies and join the war.

This video explores the propagandist themes of Casablanca, and how Hollyward joined the war effort to help sway the American popular opinion regarding WWII

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