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American Cinematographers in the Great War, 1914-1918

Cooper C Graham editor James W Castellan editor Ron van Dopperen editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:John Libbey & Co

Published:9th Feb '15

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American Cinematographers in the Great War, 1914-1918 cover

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.

"American cinematographers in the Great War . . . is 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

ISBN: 9780861967179

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 590g

320 pages