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About Woodrow Wilson

 

A%E Biography: Woodrow Wilson, Color, 50 min, $24.95, ISBN:0-7670-9072-1
A%E Biography: Woodrow Wilson, Color, 50 min, $24.95, ISBN:0-7670-9072-1

Woodrow Wilson: Reluctant Warrior

Woodrow Wilson was a political outsider who rose to the presidency in a few short years. While his domestic policies are still hotly debated, his brilliant leadership during World War I helped transform America's place in the world. Born in the South on the eve of the Civil War, Woodrow Wilson was deeply affected by the great conflict. His family also shaped his pacifist vision --- his father, grandfather and father-in-law were all ministers. (Click here to buy.)

As president, his abhorrence of bloodshed was evident in his masterful handling of America's involvement in World War I.

A&E's WOODROW WILSON is a revealing portrait of the life of this controversial leader. Historian Kendrick Clements, the world's leading Wilson scholar, reveals how Wilson rose from a professorship to the presidency in a few short years. Extensive film footage tracks his years in office, and an interview with his granddaughter shows the private side of a thoughtful, committed leader. BIOGRAPHY revisits the life of one of America's true statesmen, Woodrow Wilson. (Click here to buy.)

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Arthur Mole's Living Portrait of President Woodrow Wilson, Made With 21,000 Troops In 1918

Yes, this photo of President Woodrow Wilson was made by having 21,000 troops and other people arrange themselves in what we might today call "pixel format". The photographer who created this phenomenon was Arthur Mole.

Here's an excerpt from an article in Cabinet Magazine written by  Louis Kaplan:

Almost a century ago and without the aid of any pixel-generating computer software, the itinerant photographer Arthur Mole (1889-1983) used his 11 x 14-inch view camera to stage a series of extraordinary mass photographic spectacles that choreographed living bodies into symbolic formations of religious and national community. In these mass ornaments, thousands of military troops and other groups were arranged artfully to form American patriotic symbols, emblems, and military insignia visible from a bird’s eye perspective. During World War I, these military formations came to serve as rallying points to support American involvement in the war and to ward off isolationist tendencies.

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Here's a closeup of that same image. In it, you can see some of the individual soldiers.