All Quiet On the Western Front

TCM's Alicia Malone introduces All Quiet On The Western Front, 1930.

Ben Mankiewicz introduces All Quiet On The Western Front, 1930.

German army recruits including Peter (Owen Davis Jr.) and Paul (Lew Ayres) discover their once mild-mannered postman Himmelstoss (John Wray) is their new drill instructor, in Lewis Milestone's All Quiet On The Western Front, 1930.

Prologue from Erich Maria Remarque's novel of Germany in World War I, opening scene introducing postman Himmelstoss (John Wray), and ambitious shooting from director Lewis Milestone, from All Quiet On The Western Front, 1930.

First day in the field, German infantry platoon led by Baumer (Lew Ayres) meets first veteran Tjaden (Slim Summerville) then crusty Katczinsky (Louis Wolheim), in All Quiet On The Western Front, 1930.

Second scene, Professor Kantorek (Arnold Lucy) suddenly manic, urging pupils including Peter (Owen Davis Jr.), Paul (Lew Ayres) and hesitant Behn (Walter Browne Rogers) to join the Kaiser's army, in Lewis Milestone's All Quiet On The Western Front, 1930.

The German platoon stringing wire across the trenches, commanded by Katczinsky (Louis Wolheim), watching as Behn (Walter Browne Rogers) becomes their first casualty, in Lewis Milestone's First World War drama All Quiet On The Western Front, 1930.

The third Academy Award for Best Picture went to this searing saga of a young German soldier in World War I.