Motion Pictures and the Image of the Military.
Abstract
The monograph retrospectively views American war movies produced from 1896-1972 to determine the nature of the images of wars and the men who fight them projected by film makers at various times in our history. Emphasis is given to movies produced during wars. The conclusions are that: Motion pictures tend to reflect prevailing public attitudes toward wars and the military; and provide movie-goers a rich, common legacy of 'images'; during all wars except the Vietnam War, movies have bolstered public support for the war effort; during the Vietnam War, an unprecedented phenomenon occurred not only were very few movies made which supported the war effort, but pacifistic, anti-war, and anti-military films were produced during a time of war. (Modified author abstract)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 28, 1972
- Accession Number
- AD0764414
Entities
People
- William A. Greynolds
Organizations
- United States Army War College