Cinema Combat: Hollywood Goes to War

In the trenches with the greatest war movies ever made!

Jan 1, 1998 · 1h 41m

Tracing the evolution of the war-film genre from 1898 to 1996 by combining real-life combat footage with excerpts from Hollywood movies. Clips range from "Wings" (1927) to "Courage Under Fire" (1996). Also: Thomas Edison's shots of American soldiers in the Spanish-American War. Narrated by Martin Sheen.

Directed by Edith Becker