BATTLEFILM: U.S. Army Signal Corps Motion Pictures of the Great War
BATTLEFILM: U.S. Army Signal Corps Motion Pictures of the Great War provides concise information about the surviving motion pictures that were taken during WWI.
BATTLEFILM details a total of 467 film titles that cover America's part in WWI. Included are films produced and donated (or seized) by Allied and Central Powers countries. Each of the 957 reels of action is described using data gathered from actual Army records. These historic films of World War I action exist today on silent, black and white motion picture film. They were shot on-location, as history happened, by dedicated and courageous soldier-cameramen. These films are now part of the official record of the United States Government and are preserved in the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) as part of the world's largest film archive.
Whether you're a historian, media researcher, documentary producer, or a student of the Great War era, this book provides an accurate and timeless reference to the moving images of America's effort in the "War to End All Wars."
BATTLEFILM: U.S. Army Signal Corps Motion Pictures of the Great War, compiled and edited by Phillip W. Stewart (ISBN 978-0-9793243-2-1; $24.95 pb; pms press; 158 pages; 2007). This book is available through the publisher (www.pmspress.com) and Amazon.
Film Sleuth Phillip W. Stewart Wins Literary Awards For BATTLEFILM!
GREAT REVIEWS TOO!
BATTLEFILM; U.S. Army Signal Corps Motion Pictures of the Great War, written by film reseacher Phillip W. Stewart, was selected as the best History book by Reader Views 2008 Annual Literary Awards. Reader Views Annual Literary Awards were established to honor writers who had their books published by a small press, university press, or an independent book publisher.The Reader Views Annual Literary Awards are granted in 20 fiction and 30 nonfiction categories, as well as 15 specialized, sponsored categories. The entries are judged by Reader Views reviewers, all avid readers with a wide range of experiences, considered experts in the respective fields.
BATTLEFILM was also recently selected by USABookNews.com, the premiere online magazine and review website for mainstream and independent publishing houses, as the Finalist Award Winner in the Military History Category of THE NATIONAL "BEST BOOKS" 2007 AWARDS.
Reviewers have praised BATTLEFILM:
"This book is one of a kind. It is destined to become an important resource for historians, media researchers, documentary producers, and students of films...Philip W. Stewart has produced an important work in his book Battlefilm." -- Reader Views
"It's a 'must have' book if you happen to be looking for original film footage reagarding WWI. This is a very well organized and detailed catalog." -- Military Writer's Society of America
"Battlefilm is confidently recommended as an indispensable reference work for historians, media researchers, documentary produces, film students, and authors working on fiction as well as non-fiction works about American involvement in World War I." -- Midwest
BATTLEFILM is the first book of a projected half-dozen, in The Historic Footage Project series. The second book is WAR WINGS: Films of the First Air War (ISBN 978-0-9793243-4-5; $24.95 trade pb; pms press; 219 pages; 2008).
Please check out Mr. Stewart's website at www.pwstewart.com for more information about his current and future works.
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