Overview
- Description
- Intertitle: "America enters the fight for democracy!" General Pershing and officers meet. Map of France with animation.
01:03:30 Excerpts from two Hollywood feature films: "Sergeant York" (1941) and "Wings" (1925). Dramatized footage of troops fighting in WWI (some in slow motion). Newspaper headlines of NY Telegram: "War Ends" - Duration
- 00:01:47
- Date
-
Event:
1914-1918
Production: 1925
Production: 1941
- Locale
-
France
- Credit
- Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration
Physical Details
- Language
- Silent
- Genre/Form
- Feature.
- B&W / Color
- Black & White
- Image Quality
- Fair
- Time Code
- 01:03:03:00 to 01:04:50:00
- Film Format
- Master
Master 2915 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
Master 2915 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
Master 2915 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
Master 2915 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large- Preservation
Preservation 2915 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2915 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2915 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2915 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large- User
User 2915 Video: DVD
User 2915 Video: DVD
User 2915 Video: DVD
User 2915 Video: DVD
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- Conditions on Access
- You do not require further permission from the Museum to access this archival media.
- Copyright
- Public Domain
- Conditions on Use
- To the best of the Museum's knowledge, this material is in the public domain. You do not require further permission from the Museum to reproduce or use this material.
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Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Film Provenance
- The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased this footage from the National Archives and Records Administration in June 2008 for use in the special exhibition, "State of Deception: The Power of Nazi Propaganda."
- Note
- Some of this film footage showing World War I military action has been staged for the Hollywood feature films.
- Film Source
- United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
- File Number
- Legacy Database File: 5461
- Special Collection
-
Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 07:43:53
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