In the spring of 1915, almost a year into world war i, american journalists world virulence cinematographer guy reads love chicago bound for berlin, germany. They traveled with the german army to the front lines, in east pressure and poland. They shot 25,000 feet a film, about five and a half hours. They returned to the United States in december of 1915, and in november released a 108 feature film on the firing line with the germans. The film received positive reviews and screened widely in the United States despite the fact that a presented a favorable view of the germans. Up next learn about how the once lost film was this discovered and restore by the labor of congress. Then watch the entire film. With commentary by two scholars who helped reassemble a movie that or become a jigsaw puzzle of fragments. This program is about two hours. My name is cooper graham. At the moment i am retired but i used to work at the library of congress and while i was here, among the fascinating things
Of the company a regiment. On the morning of january 19 1919, he stationed at the bottom river 250 mile self guarding the line of the American Allied little conflict which ill be explaining. He was awakened that morning in shelves screamed upon the river. He got out of bed and joint men and demanding the lines and these forms were headed for hundreds of forms on skis, meringue tunics and heading straight within minutes they were upon these americans which were overwhelmed quickly and the fight for their lives to escape north for their Companies Headquarters and north which is where they were stationed. They put the flight and a handful of them got back to their Company Headquarters and thats just a lead in to the question of what americans were doing in russia in 1919. Im glad you asked that. Basically, there this western front but also and Eastern Front that the russians had been Holding Since the outset of the war in august of 1914. They tried to invade Missouri Lakes but on the west