Movies for the Day, Friday, July 28, 2017

Two movies about World War I and a movie about the Olympics make up today's films.

All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) is about
a young German soldier facing the horrors of war.
It is based on the classic novel by Erich Maria
Remarque.  This movie is on the National Film
Registry.  It won Oscars for Best Picture and  Best
Director.  World War I is said to have begun on July
28, 1914, with the assassination of Archduke
Ferdinand at Sarajevo.





All Quiet on the Western Front








The Day That Shook the World (1977) is about
the lead-up to World War I, namely the
Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand at
Sarajevo on July 28, 1914.





The Day That Shook the World











16 Days of Glory (1986) is the story
of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.
The opening ceremony was July 28, 1984.







16 Days of Glory