Reporting America at War (2003)
Directed by Stephen Ives
Genres - Historical Film, War |
Sub-Genres - Biography, Journalism, Media Studies, Military & War, Social Issues |
Run Time - 90 min. |
Countries - United States |
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Synopsis
A somber two-part history of 20th-century conflict as seen by the journalists who experienced it. "Dead men by mass production" is what Ernie Pyle, perhaps the best of them, called it. Part 1 concentrates on World Wars I and II, but also covers the Spanish-American War (journalists such as Richard Harding Davis made war reporting a "dashing profession" for the first time, says narrator Linda Hunt) and the Spanish Civil War. Among the other interviewees: Walter Cronkite and Andy Rooney.
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freedom-of-speech, front-line, journalism, media, news, perspectives, press, reporter, retrospective, war, war-correspondent
