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.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
John Libbey & Co
ISBN-13
9780861967179
eBay Product ID (ePID)
208793369
Product Key Features
Book Title
American Cinematographers in the Great War, 1914-1918
Author
James w. Castellan, Ron Van Dopperen, Cooper C. Graham
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
2015
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
229mm
Item Width
152mm
Item Weight
494g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of Manufacture
Australia
Editor
Cooper C. Graham, James w. Castellan, Ron Van Dopperen