American cinematographers in the Great War, 1914-1918 /

At the start of hostilities in World War I, when the United States was still neutral, American newsreel companies and newspapers sent a new kind of journalist, the film correspondent, to Europe to record the Great War. These pioneering cameramen, accustomed to carrying the Kodaks and Graflexes of st...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Castellan, James W. (Author), Dopperen, Ron van (Author), Graham, Cooper C., 1938- (Author)
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: Herts, United Kingdom : John Libbey Publishing Ltd [2016]
Online Access:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt1bmzn8c
Table of Contents:
  • Dedication; Chapter 1 Over There; Chapter 2 Over Here; Chapter 3 Belgium; Chapter 4 William Randolph Hearst and the War; Chapter 5 Behind the German Lines; Chapter 6 Filming the Central Powers' Drive across Russian Poland; Chapter 7 Cameramen with the Entente; Chapter 8 Mobilizing Movies: the U.S. Signal Corps and the Committee on Public Information; Chapter 9 Aftermath; Colour Plates; Acknowledgements; Suggestions for Further Reading; Index