The Battle of Midway now a major a motion picture (again)
Coming to theaters this November is a new take on a battle many said turned the tied of the war in the Pacific. Roland Emmerich’s World War II film, Midway. This film should not...
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We Have Not Forgotten That Day
September 11, 2001 began like any other normal day for me. At the time, I was going to a community college. I woke up, took a shower, got dressed, made some pop tarts and...
The Anatomy of My Research
For the past year or so, I have been reading and researching Hollywood’s cooperation with the government during World War II. It has taken me down roads I never thought possible. It’s also led...
Apollo 11: When Man Walked On the Moon
This week marks a historical moment in space travel—it’s the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing. Apollo 11 lifted off from Launch Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center on July 16, 1969...
Training the Troops through Cartoons
Wartime animated shorts featured a cross-section of inspiring the home front to buy war bonds to educating soldiers heading off to war.
17 Years Later: The September 11, 2001 Attacks
This has become an annual tradition for me, writing about the September 11th Attacks. I tend to write the same thing over and over again. It is no wonder, to be honest. The day...
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
WARNER BROTHERS (1939) | DIRECTED BY ANATOLE LITVAK | WRITTEN BY MILTON KRIMS & JOHN WEXLEY Confessions of a Nazi Spy was the first major film to be unabashedly anti-Nazi. Released in 1939, it was...
Analyzing Photos from World War II
One of the things that I like to do when I talk to people about history is the use of imagery to understand the effects of war and how it could be used as propaganda by the Allies and the Axis. Both used propaganda to sell their goals and reasons. The Nazis were far more sinister in their propaganda efforts.
Research Moving Along for Hollywood and World War II Project
It’s been a few weeks since I’ve last given an update on my Hollywood and government cooperation during World War II project. It is progressing along, sometimes quickly and at other times at a snail’s pace.
Hollywood Goes to War: Links to Check Out
Hollywood enlisted and then some during World War II. Actors, writers, directors, producers, cameramen and other workers either joined the ranks of the military to fight on the front lines or they worked with the government to produce films to “inform” the American public. As I conduct my research into the collaboration between the film industry and the government, I’ve come across several useful links.
Newsreels and World War II
Another aspect of the project I am working is how newsreels were used to information the public. These short films usually were not longer than ten minutes. They appeared before the main future or other films at movie theaters across the nation.
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