All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)

Released in 1930, I was actually surprised how good the camera work in this movie was.

All Quiet on the Western Front is based on a German book about a class of boys that all join the army at the urging of a teacher. The movie was entirely in English except for a little French. The movie does an excellent job of showing the trials of World War 1 and detailing the arguments against soldiers going to fight for their country. Of course, it's one thing to fight for a monarch, and another to fight for the principals of freedom and human rights.

All in all, All Quiet on the Western Front was a very well done movie, and got my project off to a good start.