American Cinematographers in the Great War, 1914–1918

Synopsis

A history of American cameramen covering the news of World War I, from the dangerous front line and the risk of execution to red tape and censorship.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 still photography, had to lug cumbersome equipment into the trenches. Facing dangerous conditions on the front, they also risked summary execution as supposed spies while navigating military red tape, censorship, and the business interests of the film and newspaper companies they represented. Based on extensive research in European and American archives, American Cinematographers in the Great War, 1914–1918 follows the adventures of these cameramen as they managed to document and film the atrocities around them in spite of enormous difficulties.“The first book to explore the work and working conditions of American cinematographers active on the different fronts of the First World War. It is a pioneering study which has already attracted a good deal of attention in the academic and archive world.” —Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television

Copyright:

2016

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

Book Size:

320 Pages

ISBN-13:

9780861969210

Related ISBNs:

9780861967179

Publisher:

Indiana University Press

Date of Addition:

01/25/25

Copyrighted By:

Copyright John Libbey Publishing Ltd

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

History, Entertainment, Military, Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Social Studies, Language Arts, Communication

Submitted By:

Bookshare Staff

Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.