Silent film documenting u. S. Experience in world war i. Which was made by the u. S. Army signal core. America goes over is one of silent world war i film that the National Archives have restored. This is about an hour. Welcome to reel america cspans history network. Let allison finkelstein. As we get started, how are the films been made at time. Who saw them . In the case of this film it was done by the United States government. It was a compilation of u. S. Army footage by camera men ov overseas and the idea was to propaganda to promote what america did which was help bring the war to a close on the allied side. It was released after the war was over so how would the propaganda have been intended by the government at that point in time in. This was to reassure america they fault in war this is the era when you see america retreat league of nation this kind of film would have given a boost in moral. Where are the film held today and how are they represerve issed . They are maintained
Silent film documenting u. S. Experience in world war i. Which was made by the u. S. Army signal core. America goes over is one of silent world war i film that the National Archives have restored. This is about an hour. Welcome to reel america cspans history network. Let allison finkelstein. As we get started, how are the films been made at time. Who saw them . In the case of this film it was done by the United States government. It was a compilation of u. S. Army footage by camera men ov overseas and the idea was to propaganda to promote what america did which was help bring the war to a close on the allied side. It was released after the war was over so how would the propaganda have been intended by the government at that point in time in. This was to reassure america they fault in war this is the era when you see america retreat league of nation this kind of film would have given a boost in moral. Where are the film held today and how are they represerve issed . They are maintained
America, we present america goes over. We invited two scholars to provide context and commentary throughout the film, which was made by the u. S. Army signal corps. America goes over is one of many silent films the National Archives has restored. This is about an hour. Welcome to reel america. Let me introduce mitch and allison. As we get started, how are these kinds of films made at the time . Who saw them . In the case of this film, it was done by the United States government. It was a compilation of footage by cameramen overseas to promote what america did, which was help bring the war to a close. It was released after the war was over. So, how would the propaganda have been intended by the government at that point in time . This was intended to reassure americans they fought for a just cause. There was quite a bit of backlash against world war i. This is the era where you see america retreat into neutrality, the rejection of the league of nations. This kind of film would have given
We provided to scholars to provide context and commentary throughout the film, made by the u. S. Army signal corps. Oferica goes over, is one many silent world war i films that the National Archives has restored. This is about one hour. Susan welcome to American History tv, cspan history network. Let me introduce Mitchell Yockelson and Allison Finkelstein. As people actually see this film, how are these films made at the time and who saw them . Mitchell in the case of the stone, it was done by the United States government. It was a compilation of mostly u. S. Army signal corps footage by cameramen overseas. More propaganda to promote what america did, which was help bring the war to a close on the allies side. Susan it was released after the war was over. How was the propaganda intended by the government at that point in time . Allison this film would have been intended to reassure americans they fought for a just cause. It was important because there was actually quite a bit of backla
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