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An indispensable collection of historic films that show how World War I was portrayed in the movies of the era. Journalism, propaganda, and drama are represented in these works of a still-new art form. Fighting the War (Donald C. Thompson, USA, 1916) is a documentary made by a 26-year-old American adventurer in France who filmed some of the most amazing front line footage of the entire war. The Log of the U-35 (Germany, 1917) is an incredible on-board record of a German submarine sinking a private schooner. The Secret Game (William C. DeMille, USA, 1917) is a wartime drama of intrigue, directed by Cecil B. DeMille's older brother, that is notable for the heroic depiction of a Japanese agent, played by Sessue Hayawaka (Bridge on the River Kwai)--striking in an era when "yellow peril" films had already become common. As a bonus, this set includes The Moving Picture Boys in the Great War (David Shepard, USA, 1975), a documentary narrated by Lowell Thomas that illustrates the attitudes toward the war, its participants,
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