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October 22, 2007 - "Knowledgeably compiled and deftly edited by Phillip W. Stewart (a retired U.S. Air force Lt. Colonel who for more than thirty years has been a film consultant, video producer, television director, multi-media manager, and published author), "Battlefilm: U.S. Army Signal Corps Motion Pictures Of The Great War" details 467 film titles covering America's involvement in World War I. A seminal work of exhaustive research characterized by a logical layout and an extensive index, "Battlefilm" is a superbly designed catalog of the WWI era documentary films in Record Group 111 stored at the US National Archives and specifically designed to help researchers, authors, and documentary film makers to find films and scenes they need. In addition to academic library Military History and Film Studies reference collections, "Battlefilm" is confidently recommended as an indispensable reference work for historians, media researchers, documentary producers, film students, and authors working on fiction as well as non-fiction works about American involvement in World War I." -- Midwest Book Review
BATTLEFILM: U.S. Army Signal Corps Motion Pictures of the Great War provides concise information about the surviving motion pictures that were taken during what was known then as the Great War. BATTLEFILM details a total of 467 film titles that cover America's part in this conflict. Included are films produced and donated (or seized) by Allied and Central Powers countries. Each of the 957 reels of action is described using data gathered from actual Army records. These historic films of World War I action exist today on silent, black and white motion picture film.
They were shot on-location, as history happened, by dedicated and courageous soldier-cameramen. These films are now part of the official record of the United States Government and are preserved in the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) as part of the world's largest film archive.
This information-packed guide is designed to help find the films and scenes you need through the books logical layout and an extensive index. It also includes the NARA catalog number for each title so that you can conduct further research or order a copy for your own film or video collection. Whether you're a historian, media researcher, documentary producer, a student of film, or a re-enactor, this book provides an accurate and timeless reference to the moving images of America's effort in the "War to End All Wars."
BATTLEFILM: U.S. Army Signal Corps Motion Pictures of the Great War, compiled and edited by Phillip W. Stewart (ISBN 978-0-9793243-2-1; $24.95 pb; pms press; 158 pages; 2007). This book is available through the publisher (www.pmspress.com) and Amazon.com.
