First World War on Film

News & Research Updates on our Publications about the American Cinematographers and Films of World War I

Wednesday, August 29, 2018

Movie Stars on Liberty Loan Drive (USA, 1918)

During World War I the American government sold Liberty Bonds to support the Allied cause. Subscribing to the bonds became a symbol of patri...

Friday, August 24, 2018

"Celebrations in Paris" (France, 14 July 1918)

Here is a short clip that was found recently in the collection of the Imperial War Museum, showing an official American cinematographer at w...

Wednesday, July 25, 2018

German War Films at the National Archives

While researching Wilbur H. Durborough's World War I feature film On the Firing Line with the Germans (1915) we came across an interest...

Tuesday, July 17, 2018

The War Diary of Albert K. Dawson (1915)

In 2011, authors Ron van Dopperen and Cooper C. Graham published an article for Film History journal on cameraman Albert K. Dawson. The pap...

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