About this book

The people's films;: A political history of U.S. Government motion pictures (Studies in public communication) by Richard Dyer MacCann; A William Bluem is a book available to read on EtoBox.

1. Democracy's Public Relations -- What Should The Public Know? -- The Documentary: Creative And Persuasive -- 2. Documentary In England And Canada -- John Grierson And The Empire Marketing Board -- The General Post Office And Film Centre -- Wartime Films -- The National Film Board Of Canada -- 3. U.s. Government Films: The Early Period -- The Record Of The Early 1930's -- The Department Of Agriculture -- 4. Pare Lorentz: A Bold Beginning -- The Sponsor: Rexford G. Tugwell -- The Plow That Broke The Plains -- Two Battles And A Premiere -- The River -- Politics, Truth, And Drama -- Actions And Films -- 5. The U.s. Film Service -- The Changing Atmosphere -- A New Sponsor: The National Emergency Council -- Congressional Scrutiny--first Round -- The Fight For Life -- The Land And Power And The Land -- Verdict By Committee -- Debate In The Senate -- President, Congress And The Public Relations Man -- 6. World War Ii: The Office Of War Information -- The Creel Committee: A Precedent -- The Birth Of The Owi -- Lowell Mellett And The Domestic Films -- Nontheatrical Distribution -- Owi Overseas: Telling The Story Of America -- Inter-american Films -- 7. World War Ii: Armed Forces Documentar

Author

Richard Dyer MacCann; A William Bluem

Publisher

Hastings House Daytrips Publishers

Published

1973

Language

EN

ISBN

9780803857957

Subjects

Sports, Literary Fiction, History