Between the Front Lines: Vocational Training Films, Machine Guns and the Great War
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Cinema's Military Industrial Complex. ed. / Haidee Wasson; Lee Grieveson. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2018. p. 177-191.
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TY - CHAP
T1 - Between the Front Lines
T2 - Vocational Training Films, Machine Guns and the Great War
AU - Hoof, Florian
PY - 2018/9
Y1 - 2018/9
N2 - This chapter, by Florian Hoof, describes how the military utilized vocational training films in the 1910s and how producing, promoting, and selling such films turned into a profitable business model for filmmakers. It specifically looks at vocational training films produced by Frank Gilbreth for the U.S. Army in the context of the Great War. Due to the development of industrialized warfare, concepts from Gilbreth’s industrial work proved to be newly relevant for the military. Film addressed the problem of how to organize the transfer of complex topics in military training. The chapter sheds new light on the interrelations between film, the organizational culture of the military, and educational theory. Lastly, the utilization of film in the military is situated in the broader context of a film history on nontheatrical film.
AB - This chapter, by Florian Hoof, describes how the military utilized vocational training films in the 1910s and how producing, promoting, and selling such films turned into a profitable business model for filmmakers. It specifically looks at vocational training films produced by Frank Gilbreth for the U.S. Army in the context of the Great War. Due to the development of industrialized warfare, concepts from Gilbreth’s industrial work proved to be newly relevant for the military. Film addressed the problem of how to organize the transfer of complex topics in military training. The chapter sheds new light on the interrelations between film, the organizational culture of the military, and educational theory. Lastly, the utilization of film in the military is situated in the broader context of a film history on nontheatrical film.
KW - Media and communication studies
KW - Frank Gilbreth
KW - nontheatrical film
KW - consulting
KW - vocational training films
KW - logistics
KW - motion studies
KW - military
KW - World War I
KW - visual education
KW - industrial film
KW - Digital media
U2 - 10.1525/california/9780520291508.003.0010
DO - 10.1525/california/9780520291508.003.0010
M3 - Contributions to collected editions/anthologies
SN - 9780520291508
SP - 177
EP - 191
BT - Cinema's Military Industrial Complex
A2 - Wasson, Haidee
A2 - Grieveson, Lee
PB - University of California Press
CY - Berkeley
ER -