British silent cinema and The Great War / edited by Michael Hammond, Michael Williams.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hammond, Michael, 1954-

Williams, Michael, 1971-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1914-1918--Motion pictures and the war.

World War, 1914-1918.

War and motion pictures.

Silent films--Great Britain--History and criticism.

Silent films.

Historical films--Great Britain--History and criticism.

Historical films.

Motion pictures--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Motion pictures.

Great Britain.

History.

Physical Description:

xi, 197 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.

Summary:

"This book presents a unique insight into an extraordinary period of European history that had far-reaching significance for British cinema and for the way history itself is represented. The work collected in this volume draws from the best knowledge, enthusiasm and critical insight of leading scholars, archivists and historians specialising in British cinema. The editors are experts in the field of British silent cinema; in particular, its complex relationship to the Great War and its afterimage in popular culture. As the Great War continues to fade from living memory, it is a significant task to look back at how the cinema industry responded to that conflict as it unfolded, and how it shaped the war's memory through the 1910s and 1920s. "-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note:

Introduction: Goodbye to All That or Business As Usual? History and Memory of the Great War in British Cinema / M. Hammond & M. Williams

PART I: THE WAR

The Battle of the Somme (1916) as Industrial Process Film / M.Hammond

British and Colonial: What the Company Did in the Great War / G. Turvey

'Improper Practices' in Great War British Cinemas / P. Moody

'Shells, Shots and Shrapnel': Picture-goer Goes to War / J. Bryan

PART II: AFTERMATH: MEMORY AND MEMORIAL

'A Victory and a Defeat as Glorious as a Victory': The Battles of the Coronel and Falkland Islands (Walter Summers, 1927) / A.Sargeant

Remembering the Great War in 1920s British Cinema / C. Gledhill

Remembrance, Re-membering, and Recollection: Walter Summers and the British War Film of the 1920s / L. Napper

'Fire, Blood and Steel': Memory and Spectacle in The Guns of Loos (Sinclair Hill, 1928) / M. Williams

PART III: NOTES FROM THE ARCHIVE

Hello to All This: Music, Memory and Re-visiting the Great War / N. Brand

The Dead, Battlefield Burials and the Unveiling of War Memorials in Films of the Great War Era / T. Haggith

Anticipating the Blitz Spirit in First World War Propaganda Film: Evidence in the Imperial War Museum Archive / R. Smither

'How Shall We Look Again'?: Revisiting the Archive in British Silent Film and the Great War / B. Dixon & L. Porter.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780230292628

0230292623

OCLC:

713185415