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- catalog abstract ""First published in 1901 and now a rare collector's item, this is cameraman Dickson's diary kept during the Biograph Company's filming on the battlefields of the Boer War. The book is being republished in a facsimile edition, with a specially commissioned introduction from film historian Richard Brown." "It tells of one man's absolute determination to bring back - against great odds - a filmed record of war, at a time when the medium itself was in its infancy. Dickson's huge machine, designed by himself, weighed nearly half a ton and had to be transported everywhere in South Africa by horse-drawn cart, requiring the combined efforts of several strong men each time it had to be set up." "The book is exceptional among the handful of written accounts produced in the first years of the cinema. It is a human document, written not in a mood of quiet reflection after the event, but as a vital diary recording dangerous and difficult conditions at the Front."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b7188542.
- catalog created "1995.".
- catalog date "1995".
- catalog date "1995.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1995.".
- catalog description ""First published in 1901 and now a rare collector's item, this is cameraman Dickson's diary kept during the Biograph Company's filming on the battlefields of the Boer War. The book is being republished in a facsimile edition, with a specially commissioned introduction from film historian Richard Brown." "It tells of one man's absolute determination to bring back - against great odds - a filmed record of war, at a time when the medium itself was in its infancy. Dickson's huge machine, designed by himself, weighed nearly half a ton and had to be transported everywhere in South Africa by horse-drawn cart, requiring the combined efforts of several strong men each time it had to be set up." "The book is exceptional among the handful of written accounts produced in the first years of the cinema. It is a human document, written not in a mood of quiet reflection after the event, but as a vital diary recording dangerous and difficult conditions at the Front."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. viii).".
- catalog extent "xix, 296 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0838636543 (alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0948911352 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "Studies in war and film, 1352-6391 ; v. 2".
- catalog issued "1995".
- catalog issued "1995.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England : Flicks Books ; Madison : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press,".
- catalog subject "968.04/88 20".
- catalog subject "DT1916 .D53 1995".
- catalog subject "Dickson, W. K.-L. (William Kennedy-Laurie), 1860-1935.".
- catalog subject "South African War, 1899-1902 Motion pictures and the war.".
- catalog subject "South African War, 1899-1902 Personal narratives, British.".
- catalog subject "South African War, 1899-1902 Pictorial works.".
- catalog title "The biograph in battle : its story in the South African War related with personal experiences / W.K.-L. Dickson ; with a new introduction by Richard Brown.".
- catalog type "text".