The Celluloid Foxhole: Hollywood and the War
This is the title, rather a remolded title, of two papers I wrote while in college. One was for a class called American History through Film and the other, an expanded version of...
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9/11: 16 Years Later
The world changed 16 years ago today. As I write my annual 9/11 post, I’m sitting in the same room just a few feet away from when I first learned of a plane hitting one of the Twin Towers. I was talking with a friend on AOL Messenger. The conversation that day is unimportant, though I’m sure it had something to do with Xena: Warrior Princes. I remember looking at an article on AOL about the attack and seeing a photo. I remember saying to my friend: that’s not a small plane. That’s a big hole.
Mishawaka Heritage Festival Fireworks 2017
This year I rented a lens from BorrowLenses.com for my fireworks photography. It was a 24-105L IS Canon (first generation of the EF).
Updated: World War 2 re-enactment in New Carlisle now with video
The third annual Salute to Veterans returned to Michiana the weekend of July 15 & 16, 2017. The first year they were at Elkhart Municipal Airport, in 2016 they were in Bristol (see photos here) and in 2017 they were at Sodbusters in New Carlisle.
A Visit to the Zoo: Photos from July 2013
I was going through old memory cards and I came across these photos from a trip the local zoo from July 2013. These aren’t edited.
Fireworks: September 2016
These are not my best fireworks photographs. I was combating two evils: a lot of light and a busted tripod. All in all, they could have turned out a lot worse, I suppose.
Disney & World War II: Education for Death
Education for Death: The Making of the Nazi was one of two shorts released in 1943. The other was, Der Fueher’s Face. The latter was more satirical and made more of a mockery out of Adolf Hitler than the former, which hit audiences the hardest it featured the indoctrination of Germany’s youth.
Analysis: One of Ours
In Willa Cather’s One of Ours, a complex picture of an idealistic young man troubled by his upbringing and quest to find his place in the world emerges through the back drop of World War I. Written in 1923, the book is just five years removed from the end of the war.
They Used Cameras: The Story of Hollywood and World War Two
They were at the height of their careers. But they dropped it all to go to war. Their weapon of choice: their cameras. Five Came Back is the title of a new documentary series premiering on Netflix that tells the story of John Ford, Frank Capra, John Huston, George Stevens and William Wyler as they went into the service during World War II.
Understanding History in Today’s World
History in today’s world requires an understanding of the past. Or as I like to say, context is everything when doing comparisons. My point is: avoid history books that condense down a subject or a historical documentary on a TV channel. Go to the source: read newspaper articles from the time period.
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