WWI Films at the 威尼斯人娱乐场 in College Park, MD
The 威尼斯人娱乐场 (NARA) is the largest repository of WWI and WWI-era motion picture film in the United States, and among the largest in the world. Content of the films date from the beginning of the war in 1914 to the end of the war in 1918, through the formation of the League of Nations, and into the 1920s. The images depict military and civilian activities, events and personalities, both in the United States and abroad, especially in Great Britain, France, Belgium, Italy, Germany, and Russia.
Many of these films were produced or acquired by federal agencies, most notably the . Other World-War I-era films (roughly dating from 1915-1925) can be found in several other federal Record Groups, and sizable collections of WWI-era material were donated to NARA through deeds of gift.
While World War I films and associated finding aids, such as shot lists and content summaries, can be found in several Record Groups and donated collections, the most significant of these include:
- (Local Identifier: 111-H)
- (Local Identifier : 111-M)
- Collection: (Local Identifier: CBS-CBS-WWI)
- Collection: (Local Identifier: FC-FC)
Other World War I-era films can be found in the following Record Groups and Donated Collections, including several films produced by the Committee on Public Information (CPI, also known as the Creel Commission), which are among the films donated to NARA by and the.
- (Local Identifier 4 )
- ( Local Identifier: 33)
- (Local Identifier 70)
- Collection: (Local Identifier: MOVIO-MOVIO)
- Collection: (Local Identifier: COLO-COLORADO)
- Collection: (Local Identifier: AFI-AFIF)
(note: Durbough-not in catalog, but is AFI-AFIF-496 Durborough War Pictures - Collection: (Local Identifier: AFI-AFI)
- Collection: (Local Identifier: MILR-MILLER-23)
- Collection: (Local Identifier: ASNFL-ASNFLM)
- Collection: (Local Identifier: KNAB-KNAB-201)
- Collection: (Local Identifier: URB-URB)
- Collection: (Local Identifier: NICH-NICH)
- Collection: