Reel America
Unknown Soldier
2016-11-11T10:05:13-05:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvMDFjXC8yMDE2MTExMTEwMTYzNzAwM19oZC5qcGciLCJlZGl0cyI6eyJyZXNpemUiOnsiZml0IjoiY292ZXIiLCJoZWlnaHQiOjUwNn19fQ==Historians narrated a 1921 silent U.S. Army film documenting the journey of the remains of an unknown American World War I soldier from France to Arlington Cemetery. On November 11, 1921, an estimated 100,000 people gathered at Arlington Cemetery in Virginia for a ceremony honoring the Unknown Soldier of World War I. The U.S. Army Signal Corps created this silent film documenting the journey of the soldier’s remains from France to the U.S. Capitol Rotunda, and its procession to Arlington through the streets of Washington, D.C.
Historians narrated a 1921 silent U.S. Army film documenting the journey of the remains of an unknown American World War I soldier from France to…
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Historians narrated a 1921 silent U.S. Army film documenting the journey of the remains of an unknown American World War I soldier from France to Arlington Cemetery. On November 11, 1921, an estimated 100,000 people gathered at Arlington Cemetery in Virginia for a ceremony honoring the Unknown Soldier of World War I. The U.S. Army Signal Corps created this silent film documenting the journey of the soldier’s remains from France to the U.S. Capitol Rotunda, and its procession to Arlington through the streets of Washington, D.C. close
Historians narrated a 1921 silent U.S. Army film documenting the journey of the remains of an unknown American World War I soldier from France to… read more
Historians narrated a 1921 silent U.S. Army film documenting the journey of the remains of an unknown American World War I soldier from France to Arlington Cemetery. On November 11, 1921, an estimated 100,000 people gathered at Arlington Cemetery in Virginia for a ceremony honoring the Unknown Soldier of World War I. The U.S. Army Signal Corps created this silent film documenting the journey of the soldier’s remains from France to the U.S. Capitol Rotunda, and its procession to Arlington through the streets of Washington, D.C. close
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