The Great War and the Moving Image - 9781138207578

Taylor & Francis

The Great War and the Moving ImageAuthor(s): Michael Hammond, Adrian Smith\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138207578, 978-1138207578\nSynopsis\nThe Great War and the Moving Image focuses upon the Allied war effort on the Western Front and in the Mediterranean. In doing so, the book addresses topics ranging from how carefully selected images projected a positive portrayal of ambulance trains, through films instructional role promoting self-sufficiency on the home front, to the vital role of makeshift YMCA cinemas both sides of the Channel. \n\nWith editors and contributors who are authorities on cinema in wartime Britain and on the British response to the challenge of total war, the volume highlights the power that the moving image had during the Great War. In the introduction, the editors consider why the First World War can be seen as the first uniquely cinematic conflict. Later, historians from Britain, Austra.