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| Preface | |
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| Some Ways to Think About Documentary | |
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| Description | |
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| Definition | |
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| Intellectual Contexts | |
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| Pre-documentary Origins | |
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| Books on Documentary Theory and General Histories of Documentary | |
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| Beginnings: The Americans and Popular Anthropology, 1922-1929 | |
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| The Work of Robert Flaherty | |
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| The Flaherty Way | |
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| Offshoots from Flaherty | |
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| Films of the Period | |
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| Books on the Period | |
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| Beginnings: The Soviets and Political Indoctrination, 1922-1929 | |
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| Nonfiction | |
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| Fiction | |
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| Films of the Period | |
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| Books on the Period | |
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| Beginnings: The European Avant-Gardists and Artistic Experimentation, 1922-1929 | |
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| Aesthetic Predispositions | |
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| Avant-Garde and Documentary | |
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| Three City Symphonies | |
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| End of the Avant-Garde | |
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| Films of the Period | |
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| Books on the Period | |
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| Institutionalization: Great Britain, 1929-1939 | |
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| Background and Underpinnings | |
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| The System | |
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| The Films | |
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| Grierson and Flaherty | |
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| Grierson's Contribution | |
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| Films of the Period | |
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| Books on the Period | |
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| Institutionalization: United States, 1930-1941 | |
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| Film on the Left | |
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| The March of Time | |
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| Government Documentaries | |
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| Nongovernment Documentaries | |
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| American and British Differences | |
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| Denouement | |
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| An Aside to Conclude | |
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| Films of the Period | |
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| Books on the Period | |
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| Expansion: Great Britain, 1939-1945 | |
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| Early Days | |
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| Indoctrination | |
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| Social Documentary | |
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| Records of Battle | |
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| Films of the Period | |
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| Books on the Period | |
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| Expansion: Canada, 1939-1945 | |
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| Founding of the National Film Board | |
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| Theatrical Series | |
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| Nontheatrical Films | |
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| Summary | |
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| Films of the Period | |
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| Books on the Period | |
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| Expansion: United States, 1941-1945 | |
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| Training | |
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| Indoctrination | |
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| Records of Battle | |
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| Social Documentary | |
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| Comparisons: Great Britain, Canada, the United States | |
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| Films of the Period | |
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| Books on the Period | |
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| The Unfulfilled Promise: Postwar Documentary, 1945-1952 | |
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| Personnel and Leadership | |
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| Sponsorship | |
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| Subjects | |
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| Approaches and Techniques | |
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| Final Observations | |
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| Films of the Period | |
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| Books on the Period | |
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| In Pursuit of Excellence: National Film Board of Canada's Unit B, 1948-1964 | |
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| Films of the Period | |
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| Books on the Period | |
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| A New Channel: Documentary for Television, the "Golden Years," 1951-1971 | |
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| Historical Background | |
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| Documentary Series | |
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| Special Characteristics of Television Documentary | |
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| Films of the Period | |
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| Books on the Period | |
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| British Free Cinema and Social-Realist Features, 1956-1963 | |
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| Critical Background | |
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| Free Cinema Films | |
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| Political and Cultural Context | |
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| Social-Realist Features | |
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| Films of the Period | |
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| Books on the Period | |
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| Direct Cinema and Cinema Verite, 1960-1970 | |
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| Historical Background | |
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| New Technology and First Films | |
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| Direct Cinema vs Cinema Verite | |
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| Effects on Documentary Subjects and Styles | |
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| Aesthetic and Ethical Considerations | |
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| Films of the Period | |
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| Books on the Period | |
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| English-Language Documentary in the 1970s-Power of the People | |
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| Veteran Filmmakers | |
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| New Directions in Verite | |
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| Social and Political Emphases | |
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| Historical Documentary | |
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| Films of the Period | |
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| Books on the Period | |
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| English-Language Documentary in the 1980s-Video Arrives | |
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| Cable and Satellite Technology | |
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| The Personal Essay Film | |
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| The Historical Film | |
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| Strictly Political | |
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| Racial and Ethnic Minorities | |
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| Representing Gay and Lesbian Culture | |
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| Music and Performance | |
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| Films of the Period | |
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| Books on the Period | |
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| English-Language Documentary in the 1990s and Beyond-Reality Bytes | |
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| Business and Technology: The Bad and the Good | |
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| American Public Television | |
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| The Ken Burns Phenomenon | |
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| Canada Soldiers On | |
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| Developments in the United Kingdom | |
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| American Independents | |
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| Theatrical Documentary | |
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| Films of the Period | |
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| Books on the Period | |
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| Some Other Ways to Think About Documentary | |
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| Technological Promises | |
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| Aesthetics and Content | |
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| Finance | |
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| Intimate Doings of Reality | |
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| Newer Theory | |
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| The Future | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Books on the Period | |
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| Appendices | |
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| Film Festivals | |
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| Academy-Award-Winning Documentaries | |
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| The National Film Registry | |
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| The Grierson Award | |
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| The Ida Awards | |
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| Index | |
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| Acknowledgments from Betsy A. McLane | |