Book Covering Film

Every aspect of the career of General George Armstrong Custer and the Battle of the Little Bighorn is covered here. The people are detailed, as are the military campaigns, battles, historical events, equipment and terminology. More

This film reference covers 646 silent motion pictures, starting with Eadweard Muybridge's initial motion photography experiments in 1877. Each entry provides the most complete credits possible, a full description, critical commentary, and an evaluation of the film's place in motion picture history. More

…new major film by Mike Leigh***Unity of the oppressed can make a difference in politically uncertain times A peaceful protest turned tragedy; In this definitive account Joyce Marlow tells the stories of the real people involved and brings to life the atrocity the government attempted to cover up. More

Includes interviews with the scientists whose imagination and enterprise combined to make television a reality. This book covers early inventions, the first devices, early camera tubes, the mechanical era, the kinescope, the iconoscope, and more. It also provides extensive references. More