Why America Will Win -- August 7, 2018

Moving Picture World, 31-August-1918

The United States joined the First World War in April, 1917. Learning from the British, the United States put its propaganda efforts into the hands of one organization, the Committee on Public Information, also called the Creel Committee, after its chairman, George Creel. The Creel Committee produced a few features. America's Answer was "The Second United States Official War Picture."

Moving Picture World, 10-August-1918

The "Official War Review" was a series of weekly one-reelers created by the Creel Committee.

Moving Picture World, 17-August-1918

"The Great Drive Starts."

Moving Picture World, 24-August-1918

"Over There and Over Here."

Moving Picture World, 31-August-1918

"Seeing the War -- at Home."

Moving Picture World, 10-August-1918

Why America Will Win was a feature-length dramatic biography of General John J (Black Jack) Pershing, commander of the American Expeditionary Force (AEF).

Moving Picture World, 17-August-1918

"The Picture of the Hour."

Moving Picture World, 24-August-1918

"Based on the Family Records of Gen. John J. Pershing."

Moving Picture World, 31-August-1918

"Trained Investigators spent month gathering intimate details of the career of General Pershing for the massive Willian Fox Production."

Moving Picture World, 31-August-1918

Meanwhile, back in Italy, the Italian armies were fighting the Austro-Hungarian and German armies.  The battlefields high in the Alps were terrible.

Moving Picture World, 31-August-1918

"The first films to show a whole battle."