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THE GREATEST DRAMA: THE IRON COMMANDER PROFILE OF GEN. JOHN J. PERSHING WORLD WAR I 56684

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Love our channel? Help us save and post more orphaned films! Support us on Patreon: Even a really tiny contribution can make a difference. Join this channel to get access to perks: “The Greatest Drama” a memorable story of the great among us. Ticker tape parade in New York City with streamers flying in the air (0:18). “The Iron Commander” story of General John J. Pershing (0:27), aka Black Jack Pershing. American Doughboys march in Paris in victory parade after the end of World War I (0:36). General John J. Pershing riding on horseback through parade (0:53). John J. Pershing walking through graves of fallen comrades (0:57). Rows of crosses marking graves of fallen soldiers (1:05). Image of West Point (1:09). Geronimo Goyaalé’s Indian Band riding on horses through Western Frontier (1:15). Soldiers fighting in Spanish American War (1:25). General John J. Pershing’s family home in San Francisco burning in 1906 fire (1:45). Image of John J. Pershing looking off in the distance (1:55). President Woodrow Wilson talking on the telephone (2:05). Image of New York times paper stating, “War with Germany” (2:14). Soldiers walk in trenches across the Western Front (2:22). General John J. Pershing meets with Sir Douglas Haig (3:11) and French General Philippe Pétain (3:18). American troops marching (3:33). Cannons fired (3:57). Troop ships being loaded with new recruits (4:27). Soldiers firing machine guns (5:13). First objective “St. Mihiel” fell in two days (6:15). Second objective “Argonne Forest” fell at the hand of General John J. Pershing’s troops (6:25). Final objective “Sedan” retreated in defeat against U.S. troops (6:39). President Woodrow Wilson standing with General John J. Pershing talking and laughing (7:12). Americans waving U.S. flags (7:21). General John J. Pershing accepts title “chief of staff” of the U.S. Army (7:37). Image of flagpole sitting (8:15). President Franklin Delano Roosevelt sitting at desk in oval office (8:16). Title: “Poland 1939” (8:25). 80-year-old General John J. Pershing sitting at desk to deliver speech (8:41). Seen on screen General Dwight D. Eisenhower (9:43), General Douglas MacArthur (9:45), General George C Marshall (9:47). General John J. Pershing’s son Warren enlisted in the army (9:54). Walter Reed Hospital shown (10:17). United States Capitol Building (10:26). General John J. Pershing’s casket being carried to Arlington Cemetery in July, 1948 (10:47). We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! See something interesting? Tell people what it is and what they can see by writing something for example: “01:00:12:00 -- President Roosevelt is seen meeting with Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference.“ This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit

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