Woodrow Wilson
Birthday: 1856-12-27
Place of Birth: Staunton, Virginia, USA
Biography: Woodrow Wilson, 28th president of the United States of America (1913–21). A scholar and statesman, best remembered for his legislative accomplishments and his high-minded idealism, who led his country into World War I and became the creator and leading advocate of the League of Nations, for which he was awarded the 1919 Nobel Prize for Peace.
Movies
And Still I Believe
Originally called World '68, later retitled The World of Today Romm’s film was conceived as an impas...
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The Guns of August
Traces the origins and actions of World War I, from the funeral of Britain's King Edward VII to the ...
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Woodrow Wilson
A gifted orator, Woodrow Wilson was supremely confident before crowds, yet uneasy in small groups. A...
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Aurora's Sunrise
The story of how Aurora Mardiganian (1901-94), a survivor of the Armenian genocide perpetrated by th...
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America Goes Over
A film produced and distributed by the US Army Signal Corps during World War I to inform and "educat...
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Fighting for Respect: African American Soldiers in WWI
Fighting for Respect captures the plight of African American soldiers who fought in WWI, receiving t...
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Womanhood, the Glory of the Nation
When the nation of Ruthania declares war on the United States, an army of enemy soldiers invades the...
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The Golden Twenties
Feature-length compilation of 1920s newsreel footage, with commentary about news, sports, lifestyles...
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The Fog of War
Using archival footage, cabinet conversation recordings, and an interview of the 85-year-old Robert ...
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The Fight For Peace
A documentary about the threat of war breaking out in Europe, focusing on Hitler, Stalin and Mussoli...
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United We Stand
Using newsreel footage, this film reviews world events from the end of World War I to the American e...
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I Am an American
The history of a Polish family and its contributions to the war effort throughout American history....
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Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress
An account of the last two centuries of the Anthropocene, the Age of Man. How human beings have prog...
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Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
Before the G, PG and R ratings system there was the Production Code, and before that there was, well...
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Propaganda: Engineering Consent
How can the masses be controlled? Apparently, the American publicist Edward L. Bernays (1891-1995), ...
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The Wet Parade
The evils of alcohol before and during prohibition become evident as we see its effects on the rich ...
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For Me and My Gal
Two vaudeville performers fall in love, but find their relationship tested by the arrival of WWI....
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1917 - Jahr der Entscheidung
Four documentary scenes with subtitles document the year 1917 as the beginning of a new era. In addi...
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America at War
The United States of America has been at war for almost all of its 250 years of existence. From the ...
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President Wilson arrives in New York to lead fourth Liberty Loan parade [1918]
Views of fourth Liberty Loan ceremonies in New York City and Washington, Sept. 1918. Inaugurating a ...
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Grierson
A portrait of John Grierson, the first Canadian Government Film Commissioner and founder of the Nati...
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Johnny Got His Gun
A young American soldier, rendered in pseudocoma from an artillery shell from WWI, recalls his life ...
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