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book		Documentary : a history of the non-fiction film / Erik Barnouw New York: Oxford University Press, 1993. Call No: 761 BAR Author: Barnouw, Erik, 1908 Edition: 2nd rev. ed Place: New York Publisher: Oxford University Press PubDate: 1993 PhysDes: 400 p. : ill. ; 21 cm Subject: DOCUMENTARY FILMS; ARCHIVES & INSTITUTES, FILM; NUCLEAR ISSUES IN FILMS; CINEMA VERITE; COMPILATION FILMS; DOCUMENTARY FILMS. USSR; DOCUMENTARY FILMS. USA; VIETNAM WAR IN FILMS; CINEMA-DIRECT; NAZIS IN FILMS; NEWSREELS; POETRY AND THE CINEMA; DOCUMENTARY FILMS. FRANCE; FASCISM AND THE CINEMA; DOCUMENTARY FILMS. JAPAN; DOCUMENTARY FILMS. UK; OLYMPICS IN FILMS; ART AND THE CINEMA; PARAMOUNT STUDIOS; WORLD WAR II FILMS; SHELL FILM UNIT [AUSTRALIA]; EMPIRE MARKETING BOARD; GPO FILM UNIT; BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION; COLUMBIA BROADCASTING SYSTEM; REISZ, KAREL; RIEFENSTAHL, LENI; ROUCH, JEAN; RUTTMAN, WALTER; FLAHERTY, ROBERT; CAPRA, FRANK; Grierson, John; IVENS, JORIS; JENNINGS, HUMPHREY; KAUFMAN, MIKHAIL; LEACOCK, RICHARD; LORENTZ, PARE; MAYSLES, ALBERT & DAVID; MURROW, EDWARD R.; LUMIERE, AUGUSTE & LOUIS; VERTOV, DZIGA; WRIGHT, BASIL; SUCKSDORFF, ARNE; MOANA (US, Robert Flaherty, 1926); CELOVEK S KINOAPPARATOM (UR, Dziga Vertov, 1929); BACK OF BEYOND, THE (AT, John Heyer, 1953); AMERICAN DREAM (US, Barbara Kopple, 1990); NANOOK OF THE NORTH (US, Robert Flaherty, 1922); NIGHT MAIL (UK, Basil Wright & Harry Watt, 1936); PLOW THAT BROKE THE PLAINS, THE (US, Pare Lorentz, 1936); SALESMAN (US, David Maysles & Albert Maysles & Charlotte Zwerin, 1969); SONG OF CEYLON (UK, Basil Wright, 1934); TRIUMPH DES WILLENS (G, Leni Riefenstahl, 1935); WHY WE FIGHT SERIES (US, 1942-44) Summary: This is the second revised edition of Documentary: A History of the Non-fiction Film. Barnouw traces the documentary from its beginning at the dawn of film history - the work of the Lumiere brothers - to the remarkable group of films that have portrayed the Vietnam war. Films are placed within their broader social perspective, and Barnouw traces filmmaking developments in a single country to global uptake. Particular emphasis is placed on the influence of governments and large corporations on the content of films. The book covers television documentary, direct cinema, cinema verite as well as film-makers dealing with exploration, animals, aspects of war, human behaviour, social problems and propaganda. Such diverse film-makers as Flaherty, Vertov, Grierson, Ivens, Lorentz, Jennings, Sucksdorff, Rouch, Leacock, and the Maysles are included. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [361]-375) and index ISBN: 0195078985 (pbk. : acid-free paper) : $10.95 LON: 9430204 More info
Levy Collection book		Documentary : a history of the non-fiction film / written by Eric Barnouw New York: Oxford University Press, 1974. Call No: 761 BAR Author: Barnouw, Eric Source: US Place: New York Publisher: Oxford University Press PubDate: 1974 PhysDes: 332 p. ; 24 cm Subject: DOCUMENTARY FILMS; ARCHIVES & INSTITUTES, FILM; NUCLEAR ISSUES IN FILMS; CINEMA VERITE; COMPILATION FILMS; DOCUMENTARY FILMS. USSR; DOCUMENTARY FILMS. USA; VIETNAM WAR IN FILMS; CINEMA-DIRECT; NAZIS IN FILMS; NEWSREELS; POETRY AND THE CINEMA; DOCUMENTARY FILMS. FRANCE; FASCISM AND THE CINEMA; DOCUMENTARY FILMS. JAPAN; DOCUMENTARY FILMS. UK; OLYMPICS IN FILMS; ART AND THE CINEMA; PARAMOUNT STUDIOS; WORLD WAR II FILMS; SHELL FILM UNIT [AUSTRALIA]; EMPIRE MARKETING BOARD; GPO FILM UNIT; BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION; COLUMBIA BROADCASTING SYSTEM; REISZ, KAREL; RIEFENSTAHL, LENI; ROUCH, JEAN; RUTTMAN, WALTER; FLAHERTY, ROBERT; CAPRA, FRANK; Grierson, John; IVENS, JORIS; JENNINGS, HUMPHREY; KAUFMAN, MIKHAIL; LEACOCK, RICHARD; LORENTZ, PARE; MAYSLES, ALBERT & DAVID; MURROW, EDWARD R.; LUMIERE, AUGUSTE & LOUIS; VERTOV, DZIGA; WRIGHT, BASIL; SUCKSDORFF, ARNE; MOANA (US, Robert Flaherty, 1926); CELOVEK S KINOAPPARATOM (UR, Dziga Vertov, 1929); BACK OF BEYOND, THE (AT, John Heyer, 1953); AMERICAN DREAM (US, Barbara Kopple, 1990); NANOOK OF THE NORTH (US, Robert Flaherty, 1922); NIGHT MAIL (UK, Basil Wright & Harry Watt, 1936); PLOW THAT BROKE THE PLAINS, THE (US, Pare Lorentz, 1936); SALESMAN (US, David Maysles & Albert Maysles & Charlotte Zwerin, 1969); SONG OF CEYLON, THE (UK, Basil Wright, 1934); TRIUMPH DES WILLENS (G, Leni Riefenstahl, 1935); WHY WE FIGHT SERIES (US, 1942-44) Summary: Barnouw traces the documentary from its beginning at the dawn of film history - the work of the Lumiere brothers - to the remarkable group of films that have portrayed the Vietnam war. Films are placed within their broader social perspective, and Barnouw traces filmmaking developments in a single country to global uptake. Particular emphasis is placed on the influence of governments and large corporations on the content of films. The book covers television documentary, direct cinema, cinema verite as well as film-makers dealing with exploration, animals, aspects of war, human behaviour, social problems and propaganda. Such diverse film-makers as Flaherty, Vertov, Grierson, Ivens, Lorentz, Jennings, Sucksdorff, Rouch, Leacock, and the Maysles are included. ISBN: 0195018354 Donation: donated by the family of Wayne Levy, 2006 Contents: -- 1: glimpse of wonders -- 2: images at work -- 3: sound and fury -- 4: clouded lens -- sharp focus -- afterword -- source notes -- bibliography -- index -- More info
subject clippings file		DOCUMENTARY FILMS. USA Call No: SUBJECT CLIPPINGS FILE PhysDes: Clippings Subject: DOCUMENTARY FILMS. USA More info
book		Film on the left : American documentary film from 1931 to 1942 / William Alexander Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, c1981. Call No: 761(73) ALE Author: Alexander, William, 1938 Place: Princeton, N.J. Publisher: Princeton University Press PubDate: c1981 PhysDes: xviii, 355 p., [6] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm Subject: DOCUMENTARY FILMS. USA; FASCISM AND THE CINEMA; WORKER'S FILM & PHOTO LEAGUE; WORLD WAR II AND THE CINEMA; VAN DYKE, WILLARD; IVENS, JORIS; LORENTZ, PARE; KLINE, HERBERT; NATIVE LAND (US, Leo Hurwitz & Paul Strand, 1942) Notes: Includes index; Bibliography: p. [327]-340 ISBN: 0691046786 : $27.50; 0691101116 (lim. print. ed.) : $12.50 LON: 1856120 URL status: URL: 'http://-' Checked: 31/08/2021 12:58:58 PM Status: Error Details: Failed to send HTTP request (WinHttpSendRequest) More info
journal article		North Vietnam : A Personal Report in Melbourne Film Bulletin (July 1968) iss.4 p.27 Author: Gardner, Geoffrey PhysDes: Review Subject: DOCUMENTARY FILMS; DOCUMENTARY FILMS. USA; WAR IN FILMS Summary: Review of Felix Green's documentary "North Vietnam: A Personal Report", also known as "Inside North Vietnam". More info
book		The politics of documentary / Michael Chanan London: British Film Institute, 2007. Call No: 761 CHA Author: Chanan, Michael Source: UK Place: London Publisher: British Film Institute PubDate: 2007 PhysDes: viii, 280 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm Subject: ARCHIVES & INSTITUTES, FILM; AVANT-GARDE FILMS; CINEMA VERITE; CINEMA-DIRECT; COMMENTARY; DOCUMENTARY FILMS. JAPAN; DOCUMENTARY FILMS. LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES; DOCUMENTARY FILMS. USA; DOCUMENTARY FILMS; FREE CINEMA; MONTAGE; MUSIC AND THE CINEMA; POLITICAL FILMS; POLITICS AND THE CINEMA; POLITICS IN FILMS; TRUTH IN FILMS; FLAHERTY, ROBERT; GRIERSON, JOHN; IVENS, JORIS; ROUCH, JEAN; VERTOV, DZIGA; BERLIN DIE SINFONIE DER GROSSTADT (G, Walter Ruttman, 1927); BERLIN: SYMPHONY OF A GREAT CITY (G, Walter Ruttman, 1927); NANOOK OF THE NORTH (US, Robert Flaherty, 1922) Summary: "Chanan traces the history of the documentary from the first Lumiere films to Grierson and his contemporaries, though to Free Cinema, Cinema verite and Direct Cinema, up to the current resurgence of documentary with high profile films such as those of Michael Moore. Chanan's thematic approach takes in topics such as the documentary before documentary, how documentary film language works, the veracity of the image, the construction of the soundtrack, the migration of documentary to television, political documentary, censorship, first-person film making, and the relation of the archives to history and memory. Drawing on examples of documentary cinema in Japan, Iran, and Latin America as well as Europe and the USA, Chanan argues that documentary provides a crucial public space in which ideas are debated, opinion is formed and those in authority are held to account. " - BLURB Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index ISBN: 9781844572267 Contents: Part 1: Mapping the field -- 1:The new documentary wave -- 2: The documentary field -- 3: Rules of evidence -- Part 2: Historical moments -- 4: Documentary before documentary -- 5: Discovery of space -- 6: The documented point of view -- 7: Soundscapes -- 8: Public address -- 9:Essays and endeavours -- 10:Truth games -- Part 3: Contemporary Themes -- 11:Different histories -- 12: Living history -- 13: The space of the subject -- 14: After Verite -- 15: History and memory -- Index More info

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