Film, War and the Military in

Film, War and the Military in.
This entry consists of two articles, the first, Newsfilms and Documentaries, on how war and the military have been portrayed in newsreels and other forms of news footage as well as documentary films shown in theaters or more recently on television; and the second, Feature Films, on how the armed forces and the motion picture industry have cooperated—and sometimes failed to cooperate—in the production of dramatized feature films involving the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps.

Film, War and the Military in: Newsfilms and Documentaries


Visual depiction of the military has been a preoccupation of filmmakers since the first actualitiés, or nonfiction films, were shown by Louis...

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