In the first book of its kind in the English language historian Dr.
John Dunbar provides an overview of attempts throughout film
history to put historical topics on screen in the United States and
Great Britain. The earliest attempts were biographic films about
famous people and a some great epic films such as Gone With the
Wind that were not claimed to be accurate histories of a period.
World War Two paved the way for post war developments through the
evolution of the documentary film that were often accurate
portrayals of events in the war. After WW 2 a number of social,
political, technical and economic developments opened the way for
the making of historically accurate films. The dissolution of the
Studio System in Hollywood, the disappearance of film censor
boards, the arrival of television and later the internet, the
appearance of greater market segments than those traditionally
served by motion picture all opened up market opportunities for
films of greater historical accuracy than had traditionally been
available. The emergence of film makers and production companies
dedicated to the accurate telling of history now engages the
resources of professional historians in the making of films of
unequalled accuracy. As items in the modern world of media literacy
and political discourse, these films play an important role in the
sustenance of the open society in which the ideals of the European
Enlightenment can be continually realized.
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