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Article by Ron van Dopperen and Cooper C. Graham on World War I cinematographer Albert K. Dawson, based partly on his personal war diary which describes Dawson's film work on the Eastern Front in 1915.
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Why is it important?
Dawson was among the most active film cameramen in World War I. He was also an accredited cinematographer with the Austro-Hungarian press office. The discovery of his war diary sheds new light on the way World War I was filmed.
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This page is a summary of: Film flashes of the European front: The war diary of Albert K.
Dawson, 1915––1916, Film History, January 2011, Indiana University Press,
DOI: 10.2979/filmhistory.23.1.20.
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Weblog World War I on Film
News and research updates on the American films and cameramen of World War I
American Cinematographers in the Great War
Book by James W. Castellan, Cooper C. Graham and Ron van Dopperen, published by john Libbey (2014)
Shooting the Great War: Albert Dawson and the American Correspondent Film Company
Book by Ron van Dopperen and Cooper C. Graham, published in 2013, available on Amazon.com
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