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- catalog abstract ""History Goes to the Movies separates fact from fiction for more than three hundred important historical films, in the process enhancing both viewing pleasure and historical understanding." "For every film, a detailed essay is provided describing the historical context and events portrayed, a brief plot summary, and an assessment of the movie's accuracy and entertainment value, concluding with suggestions for further reading and viewing." "Comprehensive, entertaining, scrupulously researched, and often bracingly opinionated, History Goes to the Movies will turn your VCR into a clear (and accurate) window on all human history. For every moviegoer who has wondered, "Did that really happen?" - here at last is the answer."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog contributor b11604032.
- catalog created "1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1999.".
- catalog description ""History Goes to the Movies separates fact from fiction for more than three hundred important historical films, in the process enhancing both viewing pleasure and historical understanding." "For every film, a detailed essay is provided describing the historical context and events portrayed, a brief plot summary, and an assessment of the movie's accuracy and entertainment value, concluding with suggestions for further reading and viewing." "Comprehensive, entertaining, scrupulously researched, and often bracingly opinionated, History Goes to the Movies will turn your VCR into a clear (and accurate) window on all human history. For every moviegoer who has wondered, "Did that really happen?" - here at last is the answer."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Pt. 1: Ancient, classical and medieval history -- Alexander the Great -- Becket -- Braveheart -- The Egyptian -- The fall of the Roman empire -- Jesus of Nazareth -- King David -- Masada -- Quest for fire -- Robin Hood, prince of thieves -- The ten commandments -- The Vikings -- The war lord -- Pt. 2: Early American history -- Amistad -- Black robe -- The buccaneer -- Christopher Columbus -- The crucible -- The Howards of Virginia -- The last of the mohicans -- Plymouth adventure -- Pt. 3: U. S. civil war -- The birth of a nation -- Dark command -- Drums in the deep South -- Gettysburg -- Glory -- Gone with the wind -- The horse soldiers -- Ironclads -- The red badge of courage -- Springfield rifle -- Young Mr. Lincoln -- Pt. 4: The American West -- Broken arrow -- Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid -- Cheyenne Autumn -- Conager -- Drum beat -- The far country -- Geronimo: an American legend -- The grey fox -- Heaven's gate -- I will fight no more forever -- Jeremiah Johnson -- ".
- catalog description "The charge of the light brigade (1968) -- Citizen Kane -- Doctor Zhivago -- The duellists -- Fire over England -- Gandhi -- Ike: the war years -- Khartoum -- Land and freedom -- The last emperor -- Lawrence of Arabia -- Lost command -- MacArthur -- A man for all seasons -- A night to remember -- Raid on Entebbe -- Rob Roy -- Shadowlands -- The spirit of St. Louis -- A tale of two cities -- Zulu.".
- catalog description "The last command -- The last day -- The lawless breed -- Lawman -- The long riders -- Pony express -- The searchers -- Son of the morning star -- Stagecoach -- Tom Horn -- Ulzana's raid -- Union Pacific -- Wagon master -- The Westerner -- Wild times -- Winchester '73 -- Wyatt Earp -- Young Guns -- Pt. 5: World War I: -- All quiet on the Western front (1979) -- The blue max -- A farewell to arms -- Gallipoli -- Sergeant York -- Pt. 6: 1920-1940: Gangsters, the roaring twenties, and the great depression -- Al Capone -- Bonnie and Clyde -- Bugsy -- Dillinger -- The front page -- King of the hill -- Places in the heart -- Pt. 7: World War II: -- Anzio -- Battleground -- Battle of Britain -- The boat -- The bridge on the river Kwai -- The court-martial of Billy Mitchell -- Cross of iron -- The desert fox -- The desert rats -- Excape from Sobibor -- Fat Man and Little Boy -- 5 fingers -- The great escape -- The halls of Montezuma -- Hiroshima: out of the ashes -- The longest day -- ".
- catalog description "The man who never was -- Memphis Belle -- Midway -- Mission of the shark -- Objective, Burma! -- O.S.S. -- Patton -- The sands of Iwo Jima -- Sink the Bismark! -- Tora! Tora! Tora! -- A walk in the sun -- Pt. 8: Korean war: The bridges at Toko-Ri -- The manchurian candidate -- Men in war -- Pork chop hill -- Retreat, Hell! -- Pt. 9: Unity and upheaval: USA, 1950-1975 -- American graffiti -- Apollo 13 -- Blackboard jungle -- JFK -- Medium cool -- Mississippi burning -- Nixon -- Quiz show -- Pt. 10: Vietnam war -- Bat 21 -- Flight of the intruder -- Full metal jacket -- Go tell the Spartans -- Hamburger hill -- Indochine -- The iron triangle -- The killing fields -- Platoon -- Pt. 11: Cold war -- The beast -- The big lift -- The falcon and the snowman -- Gulag -- The heroes of Desert Storm -- The hunt for Red October -- Stalin -- Strategic air command -- To kill a priest -- Pt. 12: Social history, period pieces, and biography -- The age of innocence -- The bounty -- Cal -- ".
- catalog extent "xviii, 374 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0385496788".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Main Street Books,".
- catalog subject "791.43/658 21".
- catalog subject "Historical films History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "PN1995.9.H5 R67 1999".
- catalog tableOfContents "Pt. 1: Ancient, classical and medieval history -- Alexander the Great -- Becket -- Braveheart -- The Egyptian -- The fall of the Roman empire -- Jesus of Nazareth -- King David -- Masada -- Quest for fire -- Robin Hood, prince of thieves -- The ten commandments -- The Vikings -- The war lord -- Pt. 2: Early American history -- Amistad -- Black robe -- The buccaneer -- Christopher Columbus -- The crucible -- The Howards of Virginia -- The last of the mohicans -- Plymouth adventure -- Pt. 3: U. S. civil war -- The birth of a nation -- Dark command -- Drums in the deep South -- Gettysburg -- Glory -- Gone with the wind -- The horse soldiers -- Ironclads -- The red badge of courage -- Springfield rifle -- Young Mr. Lincoln -- Pt. 4: The American West -- Broken arrow -- Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid -- Cheyenne Autumn -- Conager -- Drum beat -- The far country -- Geronimo: an American legend -- The grey fox -- Heaven's gate -- I will fight no more forever -- Jeremiah Johnson -- ".
- catalog tableOfContents "The charge of the light brigade (1968) -- Citizen Kane -- Doctor Zhivago -- The duellists -- Fire over England -- Gandhi -- Ike: the war years -- Khartoum -- Land and freedom -- The last emperor -- Lawrence of Arabia -- Lost command -- MacArthur -- A man for all seasons -- A night to remember -- Raid on Entebbe -- Rob Roy -- Shadowlands -- The spirit of St. Louis -- A tale of two cities -- Zulu.".
- catalog tableOfContents "The last command -- The last day -- The lawless breed -- Lawman -- The long riders -- Pony express -- The searchers -- Son of the morning star -- Stagecoach -- Tom Horn -- Ulzana's raid -- Union Pacific -- Wagon master -- The Westerner -- Wild times -- Winchester '73 -- Wyatt Earp -- Young Guns -- Pt. 5: World War I: -- All quiet on the Western front (1979) -- The blue max -- A farewell to arms -- Gallipoli -- Sergeant York -- Pt. 6: 1920-1940: Gangsters, the roaring twenties, and the great depression -- Al Capone -- Bonnie and Clyde -- Bugsy -- Dillinger -- The front page -- King of the hill -- Places in the heart -- Pt. 7: World War II: -- Anzio -- Battleground -- Battle of Britain -- The boat -- The bridge on the river Kwai -- The court-martial of Billy Mitchell -- Cross of iron -- The desert fox -- The desert rats -- Excape from Sobibor -- Fat Man and Little Boy -- 5 fingers -- The great escape -- The halls of Montezuma -- Hiroshima: out of the ashes -- The longest day -- ".
- catalog tableOfContents "The man who never was -- Memphis Belle -- Midway -- Mission of the shark -- Objective, Burma! -- O.S.S. -- Patton -- The sands of Iwo Jima -- Sink the Bismark! -- Tora! Tora! Tora! -- A walk in the sun -- Pt. 8: Korean war: The bridges at Toko-Ri -- The manchurian candidate -- Men in war -- Pork chop hill -- Retreat, Hell! -- Pt. 9: Unity and upheaval: USA, 1950-1975 -- American graffiti -- Apollo 13 -- Blackboard jungle -- JFK -- Medium cool -- Mississippi burning -- Nixon -- Quiz show -- Pt. 10: Vietnam war -- Bat 21 -- Flight of the intruder -- Full metal jacket -- Go tell the Spartans -- Hamburger hill -- Indochine -- The iron triangle -- The killing fields -- Platoon -- Pt. 11: Cold war -- The beast -- The big lift -- The falcon and the snowman -- Gulag -- The heroes of Desert Storm -- The hunt for Red October -- Stalin -- Strategic air command -- To kill a priest -- Pt. 12: Social history, period pieces, and biography -- The age of innocence -- The bounty -- Cal -- ".
- catalog title "History goes to the movies : a viewer's guide to some of the best (and some of the worst) historical films ever made / Joseph Roquemore.".
- catalog type "text".