01 Jan 1945
Mutoscope Reels
An mutoscope motion picture installation commissioned for the 86th anniversary of the Guggenheim museum. Later preserved and turned into a short film. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2000.
Top Billed Cast
Howard Morris Narrator / General / Soldiers (voice)
Seth Deitch Munro (voice)
Marie Deitch Girl / Munro's mother (voice)
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