Download or read book Film and the First World War written by Karel Dibbets and published by Leiden University Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Met reg. In the first part the film production of the period is discussed and such questions are raised as to whether film-making was affected by the war or simply continued. The second part contains an analysis of film texts from this period, while the third part discusses the ways in which cinema was used during the First world war. In the final part the question of the impact of the war is treated. Finally the role played by the film archives in the current wave of studies in early cinema is discussed in the epilogue.