America Goes Over - DVD

Produced by the U.S. Signal Corps in 1918 this is one of the earliest efforts to create a government newsreel. You'll see recruits being inspected; view intense battles including the use of heavy artillery and aerial dogfights; visit the trenches to see everything from slop buckets to prisoner interrogations; and much more. You even get looks at the soldiers' wide variety of animal mascots! Includes the animated 1918 short The Sinking of the Lusitania a silent anti-German propaganda film that details the RMS Lusitania's sinking by a German U-boat. B&W silent 1 hr. 13 min. total runtime.