Movie trailers available on Digital History for World War I era

All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
Digital History ID 2201
A group of German schoolboys, talked into enlisting by a jingoist teacher, experience the horrors and disillusionment of World War I.
Length of this clip: 0:43.
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Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Digital History ID 1681
Life of a Russian doctor/poet who, although married, falls for a political activist's wife and experiences hardships during the Bolshevik Revolution.
Length of this clip: 2:41.
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East of Eden (1955)
Digital History ID 1688
In and around World War I, Cal Trask feels he must compete against overwhelming odds with his brother Aron for the love of their father
Length of this clip: 2:51.
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For Me and My Gal (1942)
Digital History ID 2230
A vaudeville artist avoids the World War I draft and then makes up for this.
Length of this clip: 2:10.
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Gallipoli (1981)
Digital History ID 1935
Two Australian sprinters face the brutal realities of war when they are sent to fight in the Gallipoli campaign in Turkey during World War I.
Length of this clip: 0:41.
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Johnny Got His Gun (1971)
Digital History ID 1969
A World War I soldier, wounded by a landmine, loses his arms, legs,a nd eyes, and his ability to hear, speak, or smell.
Length of this clip: 1:16.
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Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Digital History ID 1739
British lieutenant T.E. Lawrence rewrites the political history of Saudi Arabia.
Length of this clip: 2:33.
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Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Digital History ID 1740
British lieutenant T.E. Lawrence rewrites the political history of Saudi Arabia.
Length of this clip: 0:51.
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Mata Hari (1931)
Digital History ID 2270
The story of a German spy working in Paris.
Length of this clip: 0:45.
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Michael Collins (1996)
Digital History ID 2001
The life and death of Michael Collins, who led the IRA against British rule and founded the Irish free republic in 1921.
Length of this clip: 1:45.
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Paths of Glory (1957)
Digital History ID 1771
When soldiers in World War I refuse to continue with an impossible attack, their superiors decide to make an example of them.
Length of this clip: 1:59.
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Reds (1981)
Digital History ID 2047
A radical American journalist becomes involved with the Communist revolution in Russia.
Length of this clip: 1:14.
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Rules of the Game (1939)
Digital History ID 2291
The life of France's rich on the eve of World War II.
Length of this clip: 0:17.
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Sergeant York (1941)
Digital History ID 2295
A backwoods pacifist drafted in World War I becomes a war hero.
Length of this clip: 0:26.
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