Poster Art and World War I
The Hoover Institution hosted a discussion on the origins and development of poster art and how poster artists helped shape public opinion during World War I.
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The Hoover Institution hosted a discussion on the origins and development of poster art and how poster artists helped shape public opinion during World War I.
Douglas Brunt recounted the life of Rudolf Diesel, inventor of the diesel engine, and his disappearance in the lead up to World War I.
1,539 viewsThe Women's International League for Peace and Freedom was founded in 1915 by more than 1,000 women from around the world opposed to World War I. This film, courtesy of the Swarthmore College Peace Collection, uses interviews with several early members, photographs, and archival film to document the history of the anti-war group up until the mid-1980s.
302 viewsHillsdale College Professor Richard Gamble taught a class on American churches and religion during World War I. He discussed how American pastors, ministers, and rabbis spoke about the Great War before and after the U.S. entered the conflict. This lecture was part of a course titled "The U.S. from the Great War to the Cold War."
1,002 viewsThe life and legacy of World War I general & civil rights icon Charles Young was the topic of a lecture by Le'Trice Donaldson, history professor at Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi.
American University professor Pamela Nadell taught a class about the rise in anti-Semitism in America between World War I and II.
Army Signal Corps shows how training, informational, and Hollywood films were distributed by ship, airplane, train, truck, and sometimes camel to theaters during World War II.
Department of WarSenator McConnell said the Senate was working hard on a bipartisan basis to solve issues at the southern border, but stressed, "I don't want to lose track of what the rest of the supplemental is about. I mean, the world is basically at war." When asked about endorsing former President Trump if he becomes the party's presidential nominee, Senator McConnell said, "I don't have any news to make today."
732 viewsChad Williams discussed the intersection of World War I and the fight for racial justice through the lens of early 20th century civil rights activist W.
Author Chris Serb traced the development of professional football from the Army, Navy and Marine teams that competed against each other during World War I. The National World War I Museum and Memorial in Kansas City, Missouri, hosted this event.
National World War I Museum and MemorialDwight Eisenhower, from West Point to World War I, to his role as Supreme Allied Commander in World War II, and finally his efforts in organizing NATO. ... This film is narrated by Hollywood actor and World War I* veteran Raymond Massey.
Patricia O'Toole recounted the struggle between President Woodrow Wilson and Senate Majority Leader Henry Cabot Lodge over ratification of the 1919 Versailles Treaty, which ended World War I and created the League of Nations. She is the author of The Moralist: Woodrow Wilson and the World* He Made.
He gave an overview of World War I and World War II, calling the years between 1914 and 1945 "the most violent three decades ever recorded in human history." He then discussed current military challenges, including the Russia-Ukraine war, China, and misinformation.
2,211 viewsMount Marty University Professor Richard Lofthus taught a class about World War I by examining the correspondence of American Army Private John Warns, a farmer from a German-American family near Wentworth, South Dakota.
Panelists examined the wartime role of the sinking of the Lusitania, the worldwide reaction to the tragedy, and its impact on American public opinion about the war. ... World War One Centennial Commission at the National Press Club
World War One Centennial CommissionFormer first lady Lou Henry Hoover was a trained geologist who joined Herbert Hoover in his World War I relief efforts before moving into the White House in 1929.
424 viewsThis event took place at the National World War I Museum & Memorial in Kansas City, Mo.
National World War I Museum and Memorial240 viewsGeorge Mason University historian Kevin Matthews explored the British icon's early years and his role during World War I.
He discussed America's entry into World War I and the role U.S. troops played in ending the war.
French President Emmanuel Macron made keynote remarks at a ceremony in Paris to commemorate the centennial of the armistice that ended the fighting in World War I between Germany and allied powers. ... The ceremony included a performance by cellist Yo-Yo Ma; the reading by children of letters written by German, French, and British soldiers during the war; and a performance of Maurice Ravel's "Bolero."