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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"newsreels"”.
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Reel or Unreal History: Hearst Newsreels and the Production of the News
… his journalistic practices to motion picture newsreels. Along with his printed papers, Hearst used his news films and Hollywood partnerships to forward his own interpretation of patriotism and Americanism. Newsreels play an important role in our understanding of the past and are often …
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La Luce per l’impero. I cinegiornali sull’Africa Orientale Italiana 1935-1942
… its empire through the “Istituto Luce” newsreels, between the 1935 and 1942. Given the lack of a comprehensive work on the above mentioned subject, I’ve investigated on how cinematographic representations could shape or redefine the process of identity building during the “Ventennio”. In …
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The presentation of politics : the place of party publicity, broadcasting and film in British politics, 1918-1939
… offered abroad. In the film industry the cinema newsreels were the most important contribution to political communication and the provision of news. Their editors proclaimed both their impartiality and, in some cases, a serious intent. Yet coverage of domestic politics was limited and …
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Text and Context: Rethinking John Dos Passos, Post-Revolutionary Soviet Filmmakers, and the Modern Novel
… elements—the Camera Eyes, Biographies, and Newsreels—form the historical and sociological context for the fictional characters that appear and disappear in the three novels; readers often argue that these elements tend to interrupt and interfere with the narrative flow of the stories. …
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The Decades Of Disillusionment: Essays On Indian Literature And Cinema After Nehru
… Nehru’s death, analyzing documentary films and newsreels, Indian writing in English, prison memoirs, arthouse cinema in Hindi, and modern Hindi poetry. Through close-reading, visual analysis, and archival research, “The Decades of Disillusionment” offers a fresh, multilingual perspective on …
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British attitudes towards German prisoners of war and their treatment: 1939-48
… on three principal sources: newspapers, newsreels, and Mass Observation material. Focusing on these sources, this thesis considers how the narrative of captivity was presented to the British public and the variety of responses which challenged representations of POW treatment.
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Acting Alone: Solo Female Performers, Their American Audiences, and Embodiment
… public discourses of magazines, newspapers, and newsreels. Their acts and their publications became spaces where they could legitimize their celebrity status while also combating gossip about themselves.</p> <p> I am interested in how these women used their bodies in their physical performances …
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Addressing the people : Architecture as a medium of the fascist narrative of national identity, Case del Fascio, 1922-1943
… and offer their interpretations. Articles and newsreels of building inaugurations aided the architect's view of the PNF's preferred examples. What began as a clandestine meeting space evolved into a building that could be identified at a distance as a Casa del Fascio - a symbol of the PNF, if …
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Fashion in Cinema: Reframing the Field
… to non-narrative cinema forms (commercials, newsreels, fashion films, artist and experimental films, early cinema), and by highlighting intermedial connections between fashion, cinema and other areas of popular visual culture (dance, theatre, magic theatre). With this shift of focus, I have …
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An aesthetic cartography of fast
… sources are namely, newspapers, images, newsreels and a documentary film. Secondly, the material dimension depicts Gandhi’s corporeal condition, as well as the spatiality and temporality of the fasts. In the third place, I revise and reformulate critically Fischer-Lichte’s concepts of …
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Labour and the media in Britain 1929-1939 : a study of the attitudes of the Labour movement towards the new media, film and radio, and of its attempts to use them for political purposes
… a near-hypnotic influence. In the content of newsreels, the workings of the censorship system and the determination of the National Government to prevent a critical voice appearing on cinema screens, Labour leaders identified evidence of collusion between the cinema industry and Labour's …
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The German air raids on Belfast of April and May 1941, and their consequences
… about in the "Belfast Telegraph" or saw on the newsreels at the cinema. The "Northern Whig" had been trying for a long time to make people aware that it could happen in Belfast; the Government had been doing its share of warning but the general attitude was "why take any notice?". Despite the …