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This is the fascinating and never before told true-life story of
the man who led the filming of what is the definitive film record
we have today of the aftermath of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. As one of
the first outsiders into Japan at the end of hostilities, Dan
McGovern started to film firstly amid the death and destruction of
Nagasaki only weeks after the dropping of the atomic bombs. This
three-part, highly researched biography tells the full story of how
the often harrowing footage of those destroyed cities was shot and
of how McGovern safeguarded that footage for posterity despite
decades of US government suppression. Earlier, 'Big Mack' was
designated cameraman and photographer to President Franklin Delano
Roosevelt before being chosen to train the very first combat
cameramen of World War Two for the then United States Army Air
Forces. This was after he had first established the USAAF's Combat
Camera Training School in Hollywood, California where he worked
with some of the most celebrated actors and directors of his day.
'Rebels to Reels', also for the very first time, tells the full
story of how McGovern trained those cameramen before he himself
deployed to England from where he flew perilous combat missions
over Nazi occupied Europe. Readers glean a unique 'fly on the
fuselage' experience as 'Rebels to Reels' brings them on McGovern's
B-17 missions as he filmed. This biography also contains Dan's
remarkable accounts of his involvement in the UFO Roswell Incident
and of the transition of the USAAF into the United States Air Force
- the 75th Anniversary of which occurs in 2022. However, Dan's
story begins not in America, but in his native Ireland where, as a
boy and the son of a policemen of the Royal Irish Constabulary,
McGovern associated with the infamous Black and Tans as he
eye-witnessed the Irish War of Independence unfold and later the
partitioning of Ireland with the foundation of Northern Ireland in
1921 and the Irish Free State the following year the centenary of
which also occurs this year. This biography is a must for anyone
who loves a great story but it will particularly appeal to anyone
with an interest in History, Military History and World War 2;
Photography, Film and the history of both, Aviation and the history
of Policing.
Originally published in 1920. Author: Joseph McCabe Language:
English Keywords: Philosophy Many of the earliest books,
particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now
extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Obscure Press are
republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality,
modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
A Candid History of the Jesuits By McCabe, Joseph Originally
published in 1913, this is an exhaustive examination of the history
of the Jesuit society, based on original Jesuit documents. It
affords a truthful picture of the dramatic fortunes of the Society
during nearly four centuries, and some insight into the character
of the men who won for it such ardent devotion and such intense
hostility. Contents include: Origin of the Society, The First
Jesuits, Early Storms, General Francis Borgia, Progress and Decay
under Acquaviva, the Early Jesuits in England, The First Century of
Jesuitism, Under the Stuarts, The Struggle With Jansenists, The
Expulsion From Portugal and Spain, The Foreigh Missions, In The
Germain Lands, The Suppression of the Society, The Restoration, The
New Jesuits, The last Phase. Many of the earliest books,
particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now
extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Obscure Press are
republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality,
modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Contents Include: Poem on the Lisbon Disaster - We Must Take Sides
- The Questions of Zapata - Epistle to the Romans - The Sermon of
the Fifty - Homily on Superstition Homily on the Interpretation of
the Old Testament - Homily on the Interpretation of the New
Testament - A Treatise on Toleration
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