Genre Documentary

Our Navy

Recruitment and promotion film depicting the U.S. Navy at the height of World War I. The film was reviewed at twelve reels in January 1918 and at eight reels in June 1918. Some scenes were shot at the Naval Academy…

America’s Answer

Documentary (part of the Following the Flag to France series) on the arrival in France of the first half-million American troops in the First World War, and their progress.

America Goes Over

A film produced and distributed by the US Army Signal Corps during World War I to inform and “educate” the US population about the reasons for fighting the war. Featured are scenes with Gen. John Pershing, commander of US forces…

How the Telephone Talks

“All sounds travel in waves much the same as ripples in water.” Educational film produced by Bray Studios New York, which was the dominant animation studio based in the United States in the years surrounding World War I.

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