{"product_id":"how-film-became-history-the-rise-of-the-archival-documentary-in-1930s-america-paperback","title":"How Film Became History: The Rise of the Archival Documentary in 1930s America - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eThomas Doherty\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy the 1930s, filmmakers had access to a backlog of footage from around thirty years of motion pictures, allowing them to create a new kind of film stitched together from the raw material of older films. At around the same time, the transition to synchronous sound added a transformative new element to the grammar of cinema: the voiceover narration. Together, the film inventory and offscreen commentary gave rise to the archival documentary, the motion picture genre that preserves and rewinds history. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThomas Doherty tells the story of the archival documentary, spotlighting the first films that set out deliberately to preserve history on screen. He shows how newsreels and documentaries challenged the era's restrictive censorship and how film began to engage with the great political issues of the day. Doherty considers a range of films--some well-known, others obscure--including J. Stuart Blackton's \u003ci\u003eThe Film Parade\u003c\/i\u003e (1933), Laurence Stallings and Truman Talley's \u003ci\u003eThe First World War\u003c\/i\u003e (1934), Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr.'s \u003ci\u003eHitler's Reign of Terror \u003c\/i\u003e(1934), Max Eastman and Herbert Axelbank's \u003ci\u003eTsar to Lenin\u003c\/i\u003e (1937), and the \u003ci\u003eMarch of Time\u003c\/i\u003e screen magazine. Tracing the creation of the archival documentary, \u003ci\u003eHow Film Became History\u003c\/i\u003e illuminates how motion pictures have come to shape our vision of the past.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThomas Doherty is professor of American studies at Brandeis University. His previous Columbia University Press books include \u003ci\u003eHollywood and Hitler, 1933-1939\u003c\/i\u003e (2013); \u003ci\u003eShow Trial: Hollywood, HUAC, and the Birth of the Blacklist\u003c\/i\u003e (2018); and \u003ci\u003eLittle Lindy Is Kidnapped: How the Media Covered the Crime of the Century\u003c\/i\u003e (2020).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 280\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 21, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52044109676845,"sku":"9780231222587","price":45.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/how-film-became-history-the-rise-of-the-archival-documentary-in-1930s-america-paperback-4361188.webp?v=1780170906","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/how-film-became-history-the-rise-of-the-archival-documentary-in-1930s-america-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}