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Pershing’s Crusaders (1918), Collection of Images and Ephemera

May 25, 2015 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

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Pershings Crusaders ad

The above ad is from The Moving Picture World, July 27, 1918.

The following is excerpted from Variety’s review of Pershing’s Crusaders, originally published May 31, 1918:

“Pershing’s Crusaders,” or “Following the Flag to France,” is eight reels, official United States war film released by the Committee on Public Information is divided into two parts of one hour each, the first, America Preparing, and part two, The Stars and Stripes Over There … One is impressed by the general excellence of the photography, which may be due to the fact that most of the scenes are taken in the open air … It opens with President Wilson’s address to Congress. Then comes a suggestion of the invasion of Belgium

This fifteen-minute clip appears to be the opening. About halfway through the video the credits appear and at the ten-minute mark there’s a great image of a fist bursting through Germany from the bottom of a map. Then the video froze on me, so I didn’t get much further.

I decided to look this one up after sorting through some of my archived images and coming across this great circa 1918 advertising card featuring John J. “Blackjack” Pershing:

Blackjack Pershing movie card promoting Pershings Crusaders

And the reverse side:

Blackjack Pershing movie card promoting Pershings Crusaders

Following is one of the more detailed articles I could find talking about the content of the film, at least in print large enough to read:

Pershing's Crusaders 1918 article

Discovered in the The Milwaukee Journal, 24 May 1918, page 13.

Rallying the film exhibitors:

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Pershings Crusaders Moving Picture World 13 July 1918

The release and marketing was not without controversy …

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Above found in Motography, 13 July 1918, page 50.

A sequel, Under Four Flags, with a list of the Official U.S. War Pictures in right column. This one was released after the war was over.

Under Four Flags 1919 ad

Old magazine clippings used in this piece were discovered through the Lantern Search Engine.

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