Film and Propaganda in America: A Documentary History/Volume I/World War I - Hardcover

9780313208584: Film and Propaganda in America: A Documentary History/Volume I/World War I

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0313208581 ISBN 13: 9780313208584

Publisher: Greenwood, 1990

During World War I, the medium of film took on a worldwide role. Capitalizing on its potential for persuasion, governments made unprecedented use of film to record actual fighting, help train combatants, sway neutral opinion, and make civilians on the home front aware of the need for sacrifice and patriotic commitment. Propaganda, including film propaganda, became an indispensable part of the equipment of the modern state at war. In this volume, the first of a five volume, 6000-page series, the editors bring together representative unpublished government documents relating to film production in the United States during World War I. Emphasis is on unpublished material rather than actual film scripts or reviews of popular feature films of the era available elsewhere.

World War I is the largest collection of archival government documents on the subject ever published, and includes letters, legal documents, and memoranda for the years 1913 to 1921. Letterheads and other identifying marks have been reproduced whenever possible. Citations at the head of each document include name of author, recipient, date sent, and the collection from which the document is taken, providing a valuable guide to further research. The documents, presented in chronological order, are arranged in eight general categories. The volume is indexed by film title, name, and subject. World War I will be of particular value to students of film, film propaganda, and the military who are interested in connections between film policy and overall government war aims.

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About the Author

RICHARD WOOD is an Archivist with the National Archives and Records Administration in Washington, D.C., where he has worked in the areas of reference, projects, and records appraisal. Prior to 1977, he was an editorial trainee with the Papers of Jefferson Davis and worked in Washington with the Papers of Ulysses S. Grant and Woodrow Wilson.

DAVID CULBERT is Professor of History at Louisiana State University. He is President of the International Association for Audio-Visual Media in Historical Research and Education and Associate Editor of the Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television. He is the author of News for Everyman: Radio and Foreign Affairs in Thirties America (Greenwood Press, 1976), Mission to Moscow, and some forty articles relating to film, radio, and television as instruments of propaganda.

Review

?Begins a five-volume set of unpublished government documents relating to the use of film for war propoganda. Includes letters, legal documents, and memoranda for the years 1913 to 1921. Letterheads and other indetifying marks have been reproduced whenever possible. Citations include name of author, recipient, date sent, and the collection from which the document is taken, providing a guide to further research. The documents are presented in chronological order, within eight general categories. Indexed by film title, name, and subject.?-Reference & Research Book News

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