| Cinema on the Front Line: British Soldiers and Cinema in the First World War Contributor(s): Grosvenor, Chris (Author) |
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ISBN: 1905816731 ISBN-13: 9781905816736 Publisher: University of Exeter Press OUR PRICE: $104.94 Product Type: Hardcover Published: October 2021 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - World War I - Performing Arts | Film - History & Criticism - Art | Film & Video |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.27 lbs) 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 use of cinema from domestic recruitment drives to make-shift theatrical venues established on the front line, and then in convalescent hospitals and camps, the book provides evidence of the previously unacknowledged importance of cinema as recreational support and entertainment for soldiers living through the trauma of the first world war. Chris Grosvenor makes extensive use of war diaries and other military records to foreground the voices and perspectives of British soldiers themselves. |