The Lost Battalion

It could have been better, if a bit less patriotic, but don't ask too much either. You have here a rare gem, though available on you tube, showing gritty trench battle scenes, very rare, but many silent movies are now lost, thousands of them, so shame.... It hurts when you think about it. Imagine early Henry King or other great directors early films, speaking of WW1, how could it have been avoided? Most of them lost forever. This short film, one hour and several minutes, is quite interesting, but it could have been a bit bitter, brutal, depressing, showing hell in Argonne...In 1919, there were many opportunities to collect, purchase all accurate details, information about the bloody battles.... But I guess audiences needed to forget the horrors of those years.