''Heroes All'' is a 1920 American

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that was released by the American Red Cross.

Description

The film examines returning wounded World War I veterans and their treatment at Walter Reed Hospital, along with visits to iconic

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, landmarks. The Red Cross Bureau of Pictures produced more than 100 films, including ''Heroes All'', from 1917 to 1921, which are invaluable historical and visual records of the era with footage from World War I and its aftermath. Several Red Cross cinematographers achieved notable film careers, including

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, later producer of ''

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'' (1925), '' Chang'' (1927), and ''

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'' (1933), and A. Farciot Edouart, the latter becoming a

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cinematographer for Paramount Pictures from the 1920s to the 1950s. According to

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, a sound version was prepared in 1931. In 2009, ''Heroes All'' was named to the

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by the

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for being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant.

References

External links

*''Heroes All'' essay by Gerry Veeder, Ph.D. on the

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*''Heroes All'' essay by Daniel Eagan in America's Film Legacy, 2009-2010: A Viewer's Guide to the 50 Landmark Movies Added To The National Film Registry in 2009–10, Bloomsbury Publishing USA, 2011, pages 22–2

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