The surviving brother (before he died) told his tale to a Franciscan friar, which was chronicled in an ancient, leather-bound manuscript that Donovan displayed...you""ll feel better about me and things will be like they used to be"), but soon things took a turn for the worse.As they take cover, they look back - the fort mysteriously goes up in flames and is destroyed: "There goes the evidence.Bitter or sweet, most memories become precious as the years move on.This film is a memory - and I am grateful for it.Mark HellingerDocumentary-style montages of historical events of past years (Hitler""s takeover of Eastern Europe, Mussolini""s rise o power, President Hoover and the Depression, President Calvin Coolidge""s reign, and President Wilson""s entrance into the Great War) - surveyed backwards from WWII to WWI - are accompanied by newsreel clips and by the authoritative, news-commentator voice of John Deering:[1940]Today, while the earth shakes beneath he heels of marching troops,[1938]while a great portion of the world trembles before the threats of the acquisitive, power-mad men[1935], we of America have little time to remember[1929]an astounding era in our own recent history.There were numerous other versions of the film, including:a silent version in 1920, director Luis Bunuel""s Spanish-language versionAbismos de Pasion (Depths of Passion) (1953)Robert Fuest""s American International and UK versionWuthering Heights (1970)with Timothy Dalton and Anna Calder-Marshall in the lead rolesFrench director Jacques Rivette""sHurlevent (1985)Peter Kosminsky""s faithfully-toldWuthering Heights (1992)with Juliette Binoche and Ralph Fiennesa made-for-TV featureWuthering Heights (1998)as part of the Masterpiece Theatre seriesThe 1939 film was a critical success, earning eight Academy Award nominations in one of the most hotly-contested years ever - often called "the greatest year in motion picture history.