wellman drew on his experiences as a fighter pilot in ww i.he first war movie i saw that i fell in love with was still and is still the best war picture ever made, called "all quiet on the western front." and it was an honest picture because it was against war. (narrator) during ww i, lewis milestone served with the signal corps. his first-hand knowledge of the horrifying slaughter in the trenches inspired a powerful anti-war statement. (yelling and explosions) the second world war was a lot harder to fight for the people who fought it than the first. one reason was that the cinema between the wars had developed a great tradition of anti-war movies. (narrator) it was a different story with world war ii. the office of war information mobilized hollywood studios to help out the war effort, keep up morale at home, and motivate the draftees. ♪ bless 'em all ♪ the distinctive thing about the combat squad is that the squad is the hero. the crew is the hero. prior to the second world war, if you look at americans they would tend to admire rugged indi