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Heroes All (1920) / Heroes All (1931)
A single IMDb page for many years now has been conflating two unrelated films. The films happen to share the same title and similar subject matter, but one is a short silent documentary film from 1920 and the other is a feature-length documentary film from 1931.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1268873/
The overwhelming majority of information on the above page matches the description of the 1931 film, according to the American Film Institute (https://catalog.afi.com/Film/6365-HEROES-ALL). This includes the director, producer, production company, plot outline, most of the keywords, etc. There are three key pieces of information, however, that are incorrect: the 1920 release date, the National Film Registry award, and the sound mix being recorded as "silent". These attributes all belong to the unrelated 1920 film of the same title.
I have submitted two contributions to begin the process of fixing this issue. Firstly, I've deleted the inaccurate release date and sound mix attributes for the existing title page. Secondly, I have submitted a new title to represent the 1920 film.
Contribution #260504-045904-235000
Contribution #260504-050018-169000
After these changes are approved, the National Film Registry award should be transferred from the old title to the new title, since the description provided by the Library of Congress makes it clear that the 1920 film is the one that was chosen.
https://www.loc.gov/static/programs/national-film-preservation-board/documents/heroes_all.pdf





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