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19 - Cinema

from Part V - The Social History of Cultural Life

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 December 2013

Jay Winter
Affiliation:
Yale University, Connecticut
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This chapter traces cinematographic activity and its evolution during the First World War, describing the functioning of what is generally known as propaganda through the cinema. It focuses on the strategies and stakes established within the framework of cultural mobilization. The chapter offers a critical reading of major themes on the screen and their relation to the audience in both news and documentaries on the war and in patriotic fictional film. In the early phase of the war, all combatants used film to prove the superiority of their soldiers and their materiel. Whether it was dealing with news, documentaries, the cinema did not escape the censor's scrutiny. The chapter talks about documentary films, fiction films and American films. The pre-war cultural legacy buckled under the violence of the war. Gance, for example, was completely overcome by the shock of the extreme brutality of the war.
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Print publication year: 2014

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  • Cinema
  • Edited by Jay Winter, Yale University, Connecticut
  • Book: The Cambridge History of the First World War
  • Online publication: 05 December 2013
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CHO9780511675683.025
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  • Cinema
  • Edited by Jay Winter, Yale University, Connecticut
  • Book: The Cambridge History of the First World War
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  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CHO9780511675683.025
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  • Cinema
  • Edited by Jay Winter, Yale University, Connecticut
  • Book: The Cambridge History of the First World War
  • Online publication: 05 December 2013
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CHO9780511675683.025
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