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American cinematographers in the Great War, 1914-1918 / James W. Castellan, Ron van Dopperren, Cooper C. Graham.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Castellan, James W., author.
- Graham, Cooper C., 1938- author.
- van Dopperren, Ron, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World War, 1914-1918--Motion pictures and the war.
- World War, 1914-1918.
- Cinematographers--United States--History.
- Cinematographers.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (322 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Herts, England : John Libbey Publishing, 2016.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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. Publisher.
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 19, 2016).
- ISBN:
- 0-86196-921-9
- OCLC:
- 966883627
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