History and film : moving pictures and the study of the past /
Pereboom, Maarten L.,1962-
Boston ; London : Prentice Hall,
c2011.
Includes filmography and webliography.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Moving pictures as a historical resource -- The interaction of moving pictures and history -- The sum of its parts : understanding the medium -- Assessing a film's historical content -- Documentary films as primary and secondary sources -- "Based on a true story" : history and biography in narrative film -- A sense of time and place : historical fiction -- Capturing the moment : narrative movies as historical and cultural artifacts -- Around the world in eighty (or so) movies -- Your turn : writing about history in film -- Your research portal : sources on history in film.
Historical films
Motion pictures and history.