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Official United States War Films, Now Being Shown
A searchlight finds the sea.
What
A 1917 colour lithograph, 105 by 72 cm, printed by the Hegeman Print of New York, for the official war films.
Why
The Committee on Public Information showed the government's own film of the war in American theatres; this sheet is from the Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection.
Notice
An aeroplane casts a searchlight on the water while a sailor on a gunboat looks through his binoculars.
“The war, booked like a feature”
Format
The full-resolution, color-managed file — restored honestly, yours to print and keep.
Size
$29.00
Provenance
- Film
- Official United States War Films (1917)
- Country / studio
- United States · Committee on Public Information
- Printer / stone
- The Hegeman Print, New York
- Format
- One-sheet (27 × 41 in.)
- Poster published
- U.S. government film poster, colour lithograph, 1917
- Source
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs (LCCN 2001700144)
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (poster published 1930 or earlier). Gated by the poster’s own publication year, never the film’s. Cleared by registry on 2026-07-18.
The same film, another screen
From Silent Hollywood
The Double Bill
Two one-sheets, hung as a pair — a double feature for your wall, at a pairing price of $270.00 for the two. Build one from any two one-sheets in the gallery.
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