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War Be Damned

191450 minBelgium
WarDrama

Synopsis

A visiting student pilot befriends a fellow aviator and falls in love with his sister. War between their countries sends the two men into opposing air forces, where combat conceals the identities of those they attack. The woman they both care about is left to discover how private loyalties were destroyed by national conflict.

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Original language
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified.
This copy runs
50:00
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No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. No subtitle track in this language.

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Wikimedia Commons · Alfred Machin · Public domain

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DirectorsAlfred Machin

Historical context

Alfred Machin's Belgian anti-war film premiered before the outbreak of the First World War. Military assistance made its aircraft and battlefield scenes possible, giving its warning about aerial warfare a strikingly concrete form.

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