HISTORY OF WAR

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 28, 26 April 1927, Page 13

HISTORY OF WAR

AMAZING GERMAN FILM MIGHTY ARGUMENT FOR PEACE By Cable. —Press Association. —Copyright Reed. 2.15 p.m. BERLIN, To-day. One of the most amazing films ever produced was screened for the first time last night and created a great sensation. . . . It is Germany’s official film history of the war covering 20 reels. It consists of actual war-time films taken on the various battle fronts by Germany’s best and bravest cinematographers. They have been assembled in a manner presenting the war as a continuous and comprehensive story as it was written on the hearts and minds of the German people. It reviews the war as they knew and saw it and suggests that Germany regarded the war as inevitable. It slurs over the invasion of Belgium. but has nothing to which exenemies could take exception. It reveals men being slaughtered like flies and shows actual British and French shells bursting in crowded German trenches. Early mobilisation scenes in London, Paris, St. Petersburg, Vienna, and elsewhere are included. Hindenburg and Ludendorff are seen planning the remarkable campaign resulting in the debacle of Tannenberg. Miles of Russian prisoners are shown on the screen. . The general effect of the film is to leave the impression that it is the most tremendous argument that could be conceived for the abolition of war. —A. and N.Z.