Three WWI films are featured in this one-of-a-kind DVD collection. Rare footage from WWI films make this a cant miss DVD collection for WWI enthusiasts, history collectors and educators around the World. WWI films are hard to find because there wasnt much filming equipment available at the time period. Amazing DVD!
Included Films:
WARRING AND ROARING (1914-1929)
WARRING AND ROARING (1914-1929)
Produced: 1983
Length: 52 Minutes
The war that forever changed the world, World War I, the economics and culture of a changing nation, and the politics of a government hovering between international war and isolationism is documented in, “Warring and Roaring.” The early 1900s was a time of change, and a struggling cultural identity as the industrial age changed America forever. The presidential polices of Warren Harding, Woodrow Wilson, and Calvin Coolidge revolved around the paradoxes of change facing the nation in the 1910s and 1920s. An age Coolidge defined by its “normalcy.”
Cornwall, NY 1920 Celebration
Cornwall, NY 1920 Celebration
Produced: 1920
Length: 15 Minutes
This rare footage captures the events of a very special Memorial Day in 1920 for the citizens of Cornwall, a small town in the foothills of the Catskill Mountains in New York. Pierre Lecomtedu Nouy, a French Captain, travels to Cornwall from France in order to present the city with a captured German cannon from World War I. This was a special honor, and it was in thanks for the role America played in ridding France of the German threat during the war. Surrounded by Civil War veterans, WWI veterans, and the towns various bands and schoolchildren, the famous French philosopher Pierre Lecomte du Nouy accompanies the cannon in a parade through town ending in the place where a monument and the cannon still stand to this day. This precious silent footage is a priceless piece of vintage patriotism.
America Goes Over
America Goes Over
Produced: 1918
Length: 62 Minutes
An awesome collection of World War I footage! America Goes Over is a gripping newsreel from the Great War arranged with text cards to illuminatingly fill in the gaps between the silent clips. A film just bursting with historical value, this movie is a raw look at the lives and deadly activities of a World War I soldier. A wholly American film, the text cards are of course peppered with propaganda – newsreels such as this were clearly meant to embolden the citizens back home. The overall effect of America Goes Over is a snapshot of mentality and perspective of the people, soldiers, and political leaders in World War I. The original footage is silent, but the film is set to classical music.
So They Tell Me
So They Tell Me
Produced: 1916
Length: 5 Minutes
So They Tell Me is an amazing collection of jokes and puns about World War I and other global events of the time. Fascinating on several levels, this film is a blend of early 20th century animation, humor, and political satire. The jokes range from the more obvious, Its a Real Optimist Who Yells Long Live the New Ruler In Germany These Days to the now bizarrely anachronistic, such as What are YOU going to burn on your plum pudding next Christmas? The animation accompanying these hilarious snippets of culture are spectacular; the characters are made in a distinct, spare style, simplicity, and cartoon-like motions invoke a different time in artistic drawing. So They Tell Me is a wealth of historical curiosity.
