Cinema on the Front Line
British Soldiers and Cinema in the First World War
Seiten
2021
University of Exeter Press (Verlag)
978-1-905816-73-6 (ISBN)
University of Exeter Press (Verlag)
978-1-905816-73-6 (ISBN)
Cinema on the Front Line offers the first comprehensive history and analysis of how British soldiers engaged with and were engaged by the medium of cinema during World War I. Utilizing extensive archival records and soldier testimony, the book offers a unique perspective on the cultural value and importance of cinema to the army during wartime.
Winner of the Theatre Library Association’s 2021 Richard Wall Memorial Award for an exemplary work in the field of recorded performance.
Cinema on the Front Line offers the first comprehensive history and analysis of how the medium of cinema intersected with the lives of British soldiers during the First World War. Documenting the wartime use of cinema, from domestic recruitment drives to makeshift theatrical venues established on the front line, and then in convalescent hospitals and camps, this book provides evidence of the previously unacknowledged importance of the medium as recreational support and entertainment for soldiers living through the trauma of conflict.
Presenting the fruits of his archival research, the author makes extensive use of war diaries and other military records to foreground the voices and perspectives of British soldiers themselves. Including discussion of over 70 films, this book will interest specialists in British film history, propaganda film, exhibition and audience studies, as well as historians and students of the First World War, propaganda and the military.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.47788/LAML7430
Winner of the Theatre Library Association’s 2021 Richard Wall Memorial Award for an exemplary work in the field of recorded performance.
Cinema on the Front Line offers the first comprehensive history and analysis of how the medium of cinema intersected with the lives of British soldiers during the First World War. Documenting the wartime use of cinema, from domestic recruitment drives to makeshift theatrical venues established on the front line, and then in convalescent hospitals and camps, this book provides evidence of the previously unacknowledged importance of the medium as recreational support and entertainment for soldiers living through the trauma of conflict.
Presenting the fruits of his archival research, the author makes extensive use of war diaries and other military records to foreground the voices and perspectives of British soldiers themselves. Including discussion of over 70 films, this book will interest specialists in British film history, propaganda film, exhibition and audience studies, as well as historians and students of the First World War, propaganda and the military.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.47788/LAML7430
Chris Grosvenor has a PhD in Film Studies from the University of Exeter and has published in several journals including Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television. His research has been featured on ITV News and BBC Radio Devon. Winner of the Philip M. Taylor IAMHIST-Routledge Prize for the Best Article by a New Scholar.
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1: Cinema, Recruitment Campaigns and the Outbreak of War
Chapter 2: The BEF and Film Exhibition on the Western Front
Chapter 3: Soldier Cinema Audiences on the Front Line
Chapter 4: A War of Representation: Soldiers and Topical Films
Chapter 5: The Cinema, Recovery and Rehabilitation
Afterword
Appendix
Bibliography
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 13.09.2021 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Exeter Studies in Film History |
| Zusatzinfo | 2 Tables, black and white; 27 Illustrations, unspecified |
| Verlagsort | Exeter |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Gewicht | 560 g |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV |
| Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918) | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-905816-73-1 / 1905816731 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-905816-73-6 / 9781905816736 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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