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The Wind and the Lion
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Herb Jaffe Productions
Acquisition Number:
2016.219.53 a-b
Medium:
Movie Poster, two-sided, reversible
Status:
Copyrighted Image
This film was loosely based on an international incident that occurred during the election of President Theodore Roosevelt in 1904. It depicts Marines as the living embodiment of Roosevelt’s “Big Stick” diplomacy in North Africa.