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Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Uniform Title:

War movie (Television mini-series)

Title:

War movie : the American battle in cinema / [director/producer, writer, Steve Summers ; producer, Paweł Grajnert].

Publisher, Date:

[United States] : Cantilever Films, [2023].

Description:

2 videodiscs (approximately 300 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.

plastic

4 3/4 in.

digital

optical

wide screen

NTSC

video file

DVD video

Summary:

Whether praised by critics or criticized by veterans who were there, war films play an integral part of our cultural understanding. This five-part documentary series examines not only the history of war in American cinema, but how this medium has shaped our country's perspective on conflict, foreign policy, race, masculinity, and national identity.

Subjects:

War films -- United States -- History and criticism.

War and society -- United States.

Genre:

Documentary television programs.

Nonfiction television programs.

Television mini-series.

Other Author:

Summers, Steven, (Director), television director, television producer, screenwriter.

Grajnert, Paul, television producer.

Cantilever Films (Firm), publisher.

Notes:

Title from container.

Originally produced in 2023.

Widescreen (16x9 presentation).

Cinematography, Edward Dignan, Steve Summers ; editor, Steve Summers.

With: David LaRocca, Marita Sturken, David Kieran, Robert Burgoyne, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Dale Dye, Kevin Kent, Brian Turner.

DVD; NTSC; Dolby digital 5.1 and 2.0.

Contents:

Episode 1. The camera and the gun: 1900-1938 -- Episode 2. The good war: 1939-1949 -- Episode 3. The shifting tide: 1950 -1975 -- Episode 4. Into the jungle: 1976-2000 -- Episode 5. Brave new world: 2001- 2020.

Other Number:

1405966636

System Availability:

1

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

1

Control Number:

1040998

# Local items in:

1

# System items in:

1

Call Number:

DVD 355.02 War movi