Keepers of the flame : NFL Films and the rise of sports media / Travis Vogan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vogan, Travis.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Football--Social aspects--United States.

Football.

Television broadcasting of sports--United States--History.

Television broadcasting of sports.

Mass media and sports--United States--History.

Mass media and sports.

NFL Films--History.

NFL Films.

National Football League.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Urbana, Illinois : University of Illinois Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

NFL Films changed the way Americans view football. This work traces the subsidiary's development from a small independent film production company to the marketing machine that 'Sports Illustrated' named 'perhaps the most effective propaganda organ in the history of corporate America.' Drawing on research at the NFL Films Archive and the Pro Football Hall of Fame and interviews with media pioneer Steve Sabol and others, Travis Vogan shows how NFL Films has constructed a consistent, romanticized, and remarkably visible mythology for the National Football League.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction. NFL Films and Pro Football""; ""Chapter 1. Creating and Sustaining America's Game""; ""Chapter 2. More Movies than News""; ""Chapter 3. The NFL's Smithsonian""; ""Chapter 4. The Shakespeares of Sports Films""; ""Chapter 5. Keeping the Flame in the Broadcast Era""; ""Chapter 6. Cable, NFL, Media, and NFL Films' Dinosaur Television""; ""Conclusion. The Persistence and Obsolescence of NFL Films""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [217]-231) and index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780252096273

0252096274

OCLC:

870994421