Battered, bandaged and playing croquet on crutches, wounded First World War soldiers get a break from the Western Front.
Wegweisender Kriegsfilm von King Vidor, adaptiert vom gleichnamigen Theaterstück von Joseph Farnham sowie einer Geschichte von Laurence Stallings.
In der allgemeinen Kriegsbegeisterung des Ersten Weltkriegs zieht eine ganze Klasse junger Oberschüler freiwillig in das vermeintliche Feld der Ehre. In den Schützengräben der Westfront müssen die jungen Männer aber bald die ganze Brutalität des Krieges erfahren: Für ihr Heldenpathos ist im mörderischen Stellungskrieg kein Platz mehr, einer nach dem anderen wird Opfer des wahnwitzigen Krieges …
Young Austrian Archduke Paul "Gustl" Gustave is in an arranged engagement but his uncle, the emperor, decides to let Gustl carry on a fling with ballet dancer Lisl Gluck.
Napoleon Bonaparte's younger brother, visiting the United States, falls madly in love with a young woman he meets in Baltimore.
This short film tells the story of a disgraced U.S. army officer who is charged with treason. At his court martial he is sentenced to lifetime exile aboard American ships at sea, no crew member can mention anything about the United States within his hearing, and in the books he is allowed to read all references to the United States are removed.
Während er auf seinen Marschbefehl in den Ersten Weltkrieg wartet, verliebt sich der brave Soldat Bill in die Broadway-Diva Daisy.
The story of three recruits undergoing Navy bootcamp training.
Driver Ko Wah (Lee Ching) refuses to transport ammunitions for the enemy, and is sent to jail after a scuffle with his traitorous boss. Although down and out, Ko takes in Siu-fung (Yung Siu-yi), an unwilling erotic dancer who has fled the war to Hong Kong. They may lead destitute lives, but their conscience remains intact. Director Cai Chusheng co-founded the National Salvation Association of Cinema. When Ko makes a uproar at the dance parlour and rips apart his friend's zombie costume, it represents Cai's criticism on the muddling-along attitude of Hong Kong society at the time. The characters' decision to return to the mainland to join the resistance effort also foretells Cai's decision to do the same in real-life.
A football hero joins the Army Air Corps.
Describes how a Chinese village is invaded by the Japanese and how the villagers organise a guerrilla group to resist the enemy. With the aid of anti-war Japanese soldiers, the guerillas defeat a whole regiment of Japanese troops.
Members of three Commonwealth armies, an Aussie, a Canadian, and a New Zealander meet actor Leslie Howard who buys them a beer and makes them understand why they're fighting.
Die Vereinigten Staaten zu Zeiten des Ersten Weltkrieges. Die USA sucht junge Rekruten, die für ihr Land in den Krieg ziehen. Doch dies geschieht nicht nur auf freiwilliger Basis, es werden nämlich auch viele junge Männer im kriegsfähigen Alter eingezogen. So auch der bibeltreue Alvin York (Gary Cooper), der zwar versucht seinen Dienst aus überzeugtem Pazifismus zu verweigern, was jedoch keinen Erfolg hat. Auch wenn eher widerstrebend, zeigt Alvin jedoch großes Talent in der Armee und wird schon bald nach Frankreich versetzt, wo er nach dem Tod seiner Vorgesetzten das Kommando einer Kompanie übertragen bekommt. Dort schafft er es, trotz hoher Verluste, einen strategisch wichtigen deutschen Posten zu übernehmen und mehrere hundert Kriegsgefangene zu machen. Obwohl er als Pazifist angetreten ist, kehrt er nun als Kriegsheld zurück in die Heimat…
Die Geschichte von Amerika von den Pilgern im Jahr 1620 bis zum Angriff auf Pearl Harbor durch die Japaner.
This short film in support of the war effort focuses on the training and missions of Army Air Corps Captain Hewitt T. Wheless just after the U.S. entry into World War II.
A popular band joins the army with the idea of putting on shows for troops overseas. During rehearsals, a battle erupts and the musicians must exchange their musical instruments for guns and fight.
This patriotic wartime short showcases the service bands of the U.S. Army, Army Air Force, Marines, and Navy.
Während des Zweiten Weltkrieges betreibt der zynische Amerikaner Rick Blaine eine Bar in Casablanca, in der eines Tages der vor den Nazis geflohene Widerstandskämpfer Victor Laszlo mit seiner Frau Ilsa auftaucht. Von Nazi-Major Strasser verfolgt hoffen sie, dass ihnen Rick zur Flucht in die USA verhelfen kann. Nach anfänglicher Weigerung erfüllt Rick, der früher eine Affäre mit Ilsa hatte, ihren Wunsch. Kurz vor dem Abflug muss sich Ilsa endgültig zwischen den beiden Männern entscheiden.
The United States Navy Band, conducted by Lieutenant Charles Brendler, performs naval and patriotic numbers on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.
Roger Hudson, a wealthy businessman who has moved to Washington to work for the government as a "dollar a year man," is late for a radio broadcast about his new department, the Mobilization of Woman Power for War. He takes a cab driven by Dixie Dugan, who hopes that being a cabbie while the country's men are away fighting will help the war effort. Her incompetent driving, however, results in an accident for which Roger must take responsibility in order to reach the radio station in time. Dixie then returns home, where she lives with her father Timothy, who is constantly practicing his air raid warden duties, her mother Gladys, an aspiring Red Cross worker, and cousin Imogene, who studies incessantly to become a "quiz kid." The Dugans rent out their spare rooms to Dixie's fiancé, Matt Hogan, and to blustering Judge J. J. Lawson. Matt, who works in a munitions factory, wants Dixie to settle down and marry him, but Dixie is determined to help her country.