Hero Street Film Series

The City of Silvis has announced that it will hold it's annual Veterans Day service on Hero Street, Tuesday, November 11th at 11:00 a.m. Veterans Day and Memorial Day are both designed to celebrate members of the U.S. military, but there are a few key differences. Memorial Day , which took shape after the Civil War, is considered a day to honor those who were killed in or as a result of participating in battle. Veterans Day , which materialized at the end of World War I, is a day to honor all service men and women, but especially those who remain with us to share their experiences. Veterans Day 2024 on Hero Street in Silvis, Illinois. Veterans Day began as Armistice Day when World War I officially ended with the Treaty of Versailles in June 1919, but the fighting stopped on November 11, 1918, with an armistice between the Allied nations and Germany.  President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed November 11 as Armistice Day in 1919 to remember the end of the war.  In 1938, November 1...

Advance Tickets for the premiere of  The Last to Fall from Hero Street: John Muños' Story,  Part 9 in Kelly and Tammy Rundle's Emmy-nominated  Hero Street  documentary film series, are now available to purchase at Putnam.org.  (just click on this link to purchase tickets) . Advance ticket purchases are encouraged, as these events tend to sell out. The film premieres on  Saturday, November 8, 2025 at 2:00 p.m.  on the  Putnam Museum's National Geographic Giant Screen Theater,  1717 W 12th Street in Davenport, Iowa. A Q&A with film participants will follow the screening. The special event is  Sponsored by Jennie's Boxcar  and the  Beiderbecke Inn.  The Premiere Celebration will include music, a special tribute to our Veterans, an encore screening of  A Bridge too Far from Hero Street: William Sandoval's Story , and  Advance tickets will be available to purchase in October. P.F.C. John S. Muños  of 2nd Str...

Willie Sandoval, portrait by artist Bruce Walters . The award-winning documentary “A Bridge Too Far From Hero Street: William Sandoval's Story" will screen on Tuesday evening, September 30th at the Davenport Public Library--Fairmount Branch , 3000 N. Fairmount St., Davenport. The program begins at 6:30 p.m. followed by a Q&A with Emmy award-winning filmmakers Kelly and Tammy Rundle of Fourth Wall Films .  “A Bridge Too Far From Hero Street"  follows William Sandoval's journey from a boxcar in Silvis, Illinois to a battle in a forest in Holland. Born into an impoverished family of twelve, Willie performed migrant farm work alongside his parents and siblings until his father took a job with the Rock Island Railroad. The largest daytime air assault of World War II was Operation Market Garden, Sept. 17, 1944. William Sandoval was among them. Answering a call to service following the attack on Pearl Harbor, PVT William Sandoval served in the  U.S. Army's Co. F, 2nd...

Kelly and Tammy Rundle of Fourth Wall Films will present their Emmy® nominated “Hero Street” Documentary Film Series as an ENCORE celebration of the  100 th  Anniversary of the Silvis Public Library.   The Emmy® Award-winning filmmakers will screen  four parts  from their documentary series on  Saturday, September 27th, 1 p.m.-4 p.m .  at the McGehee Center, Schadt Park, 1043-4 th  Avenue, Silvis.  A Q&A with the Rundles will take place during the event.  Sponsored by Royal Neighbors Chapter 20167. NOTE: "The Last to Fall from Hero Street: John Munos' Story" will not be shown. It will premiere on November 8th, 2025 on the Putnam Museum's Giant Screen in Davenport, Iowa. More details coming soon.          Only a block and a half long, Second Street in Silvis, Illinois lost six young men in World War II and two in the Korean War, more than any other street in America. Hero Street, as it is now known, has ...

Typepad, our "Hero Street Movie" website/blog host of more than 20 years is suddenly going out of business. Due to folks like us backing up two decades of blog posts, their system has collapsed prior to its September 30, 2025 termination. We will have new websites and blogs up soon, but in the meantime, you can email us directly for links to purchase our DVDs/Blu-rays. Our films are always available to stream here: https://vimeo.com/fourthwallfilms/vod_pages Thank you for your patience! We appreciate your interest and support! Kelly & Tammy Rundle Fourth Wall Films fourthwallfilms@aol.com The Hero Street: A Documentary Film Series Fourth Wall Films’ Kelly Rundle & Tammy Rundle have been producing, writing, directing and editing Emmy and award-winning documentaries and other media projects for over 25 years. They are currently working on a multi-part documentary series about the 8 heroes of Hero Street, USA in Silvis, Illinois. They have completed four of the nine part...

The Last to Fall from Hero Street: John Muños' Story, Part 9 in Kelly and Tammy Rundle's Emmy-nominated Hero Street documentary film series, will premiere during Veterans Day weekend Saturday, November 8, 2025 at 2:00 p.m.  on the  Putnam Museum's National Geographic Giant Screen Theater, 1717 W 12th Street in Davenport, Iowa. The special event is Sponsored by Jennie's Boxcar and the Beiderbecke Inn.  The Premiere Celebration will include music, a special tribute to our Veterans, an encore screening of A Bridge too Far from Hero Street: William Sandoval's Story , and a Q&A with film participants. Advance tickets will be available to purchase in October. P.F.C. John S. Muños  of 2nd Street (now named Hero Street) in Silvis, Illinois entered the Army on January 15, 1951 and served in  Korea  with Co. F 38th Regimental Combat Team Second Infantry Division.  On Aug. 27, 1951, at age 23, John was among 740 Americans killed in the Battle of Bloo...