Rediscovering U.S. Newsfilm: Cinema, Television, and the Archive (AFI Film Readers)

"The twentieth century generated tens of thousands of hours of American newsfilm but not the scholarly apparatus necessary to analyze and contextualize them. Assembling new approaches to the study of U.S. newsfilm in cinema and television, this book makes a long overdue critical intervention in the field of film and media studies by addressing the format's inherent intermediality; its mediation of "events" for local, national, and transnational communities; its distinctive archival legacies; and, consequently, its integral place in film and television studies more broadly. This collection brings fresh, contemporary methodologies and analysis to bear on a vast amount of material that has languished in relative obscurity for far too long"-- Provided by publisher The Great War and the making of the American newsreel / Greg Wilsbacher -- News electric circuits : newspapers, newsreels, and radio between the wars / Sara Beth Levavy -- Home invasions : Hearst newsreels, American preparedness, and the coming of World War II / Kenneth Hough -- Completing the transmedia trinity : a history of the telenews theater corporation / Michael Aronson -- Historicizing television news in the 1960s : case studies of the Kennedy assassination and the Selma voting rights campaign / Aniko Bodroghkozy -- Breakthroughs by women in documentary newsfilm production : a case history of NBC's Washington Documentary Unit, 1961-1989 / Thomas A. Mascaro -- The circulation of local newsreels in the silent period : the case of Detroit / Richard Abel -- Technologies of place in the early sound newsreel : the aerial view / Jennifer L. Peterson -- From Canada and back again : Roy Tash, Montreal's Associated Screen News and the U.S. newsreel's transnational flows before WWII / Joseph Clark -- A long ride on the Metro : Metro News, Hearst Metrotone Inc., and U.S. Studio-Government Relations / Ross Melnick -- Mama's brand of TV : LBJ, family-owned broadcasting, and complicating local newsfilm / Caroline Frick -- The Hearst Metrotone News Collection at the UCLA Film & Television Archive / Blaine M. Bartell -- Movietonews, Inc. : a researchers introduction / Greg Wilsbacher -- Newsfilm at the National Archives and Records Administration : an overview and spotlight on the Universal Newsreel Collection / Ellen Mulligan and Carol Swain -- The KTLA Newsfilm Collection at UCLA : research opportunities and challenges / Mark Quigley -- Reading the news(films) : local television news collections at the University of South Carolina / Amy Meaney -- If you digitize it, they will come or welcome South, brother : local television newsfilm collections at the University of Georgia / Ruta Abolins -- The collaborative collection : Boston TV News / Karen Cariani -- Fifty terms for newsfilm : a typology of archival elements / Dan Streible -- Watching radio : early newsfilm collections as alternative radio archives / Shawn VanCour -- Archives of liveness : television newsfilm reconsidered / Mark J. Williams -- Outtakes : perils and possibilities / Mark Cooper and Jaimie Baron (including Note on Wuzhip! / Mark Cooper, Elaine Chun, Stanley Dubinsky, and Tracey Weldon-Stewart) Cover 1 Title 4 Copyright 5 contents 6 acknowledgments 9 1. introduction 12 part one newsfilm and the news 32 2. the great war and the birth of american moving image journalism 34 3. news’ electric circuits: newspapers, newsreels, and radio between the wars 51 4. home invasions: hearst newsreels, american preparedness, and the coming of world war ii 65 5. completing the transmedia trinity: a history of the telenews theater corporation 79 6. historicizing television news in the 1960s: case studies of the kennedy assassination and the selma voting rights campaign 98 7. breakthroughs by women in documentary newsfilm production: a case history of nbc’s washington documentary unit, 1961–89 119 part two newsfilm geographies 142 8. the circulation of local newsreels in the silent period: the case of detroit 144 9. technologies of place in the early sound newsreel: the aerial view 166 10. from canada and back again: roy tash, montreal’s associated screen news, and the u.s. newsreel’s transnational flows before world war ii 184 11. a long ride on the metro: metro news, hearst metrotone inc., and u.s. studio-government relations 197 12. mama’s brand of tv: lbj, family-owned broadcasting, and complicating “local” newsfilm 215 part three into the archives 232 13. the hearst metrotone news collection at the ucla film & television archive 234 14. movietonews, inc.: a researcher’s introduction 242 15. newsfilm at the national archives and records administration: an overview and spotlight on the universal newsreel collection 247 16. the ktla newsfilm collection at ucla: research opportunities and challenges 252 17. reading the news(films): local television news collections at the university of south carolina 256 18. if you digitize it, they will come or welcome south, brother: local television newsfilm collections at the university of georgia 259 19. the collaborative collection: boston tv news 262 20. fifty terms for newsfilm: a typology of archival elements 265 21. watching radio: early newsfilm collections as alternative radio archives 280 22. archives of liveness: television newsfilm reconsidered 299 23. outtakes: perils and possibilities 321 note on wuzhip! 332 contributors 336 about the american film institute 344 index 346