The Power of Film Propaganda: Myth or Reality?

In the years before television, it was widely assumed that the cinema could exercise enormous influence over the mass audience. Governments and revolutionary intellectuals, party politicians and individual filmmakers, all believed that film offered a uniquely effective means of manipulating the ideology of the masses and thus, notwithstanding their very different ideological objectives, films as different as "The Battleship Potemkin", "Triumph of the Will", and "In Which We Serve" were all the product of the same assumptions about the immense power of film as a medium of political propaganda. In this book, the author re-examines these assumptions. Drawing on recent historical scholarship, he explores five different case studies to see whether or not propaganda films reached the audiences at which they were targeted at and, where they did, whether the films made the impact on those audiences that the propagandists had expected.

Humor & Entertainment

Reeves, Nicholas

Movies

UNKNO

In the years before television, it was widely assumed that the cinema could exercise enormous influence over the mass audience. Governments and revolutionary intellectuals, party politicians and individual filmmakers, all believed that film offered a uniquely effective means of manipulating the ideology of the masses and thus, notwithstanding their very different ideological objectives, films as different as "The Battleship Potemkin", "Triumph of the Will", and "In Which We Serve" were all the product of the same assumptions about the immense power of film as a medium of political propaganda. In this book, the author re-examines these assumptions. Drawing on recent historical scholarship, he explores five different case studies to see whether or not propaganda films reached the audiences at which they were targeted at and, where they did, whether the films made the impact on those audiences that the propagandists had expected.

Cassell

Tells the story of the boy-king, and describes his burial at the height of Egyptian civilization, the quest for his tomb, the riches found there, and the Pharaoh's curse

Complete Tutankhamun: The King, the Tomb, the Royal Treasure

History

Ancient Civilizations

Thames&Hudson

Here is the definitive account of the Valley of the Kings, visited by millions of tourists and famous throughout the world as the burial place of the great New Kingdom pharaohs. Some eighty tombs were dug in the valley at the height of Egyptian power more than 3,000 years ago, their chambers stocked with incredible treasures and decorated with magnificent wall paintings. It was here, in 1922, that Howard Carter stumbled upon the virtually intact tomb of the boy-king, Tutankhamun. Recently the valley has made international headlines with the discovery of the burial chapels of Ramesses the Great's many sons; The Complete Valley of the Kings is the first book to publish an account of these remarkable findings. Reeves and Wilkinson, both acknowledged authorities on the valley, bring together the art, archaeology and history in one exciting account.

The Complete Valley of the Kings: Tombs and Treasures of Egypt's Greatest Pharaohs

Wilkinson, Richard H.

Reeves, C. N.

A history of ancient Egypt is revealed by the great archaeological discoveries that brought to life the people, art, culture, and society of the great civilization, from the pre-dynastic period to the Graeco-Roman era, detailing such finds as the Rosetta Stone, the pyramids, the tomb of Tutankhamun, and many more. 12,000 first printing.

Ancient Egypt: The Great Discoveries

A lavishly illustrated portrait of ancient Egypt's heretic pharaoh sheds new light on the turbulent events of Akhenaten's reign; his efforts to impose upon his kingdom the worship of a single god; the political, cultural, social, and artistic facets of the Amarna era; and the mysteries of Akhenaten, the fate of his wife Nefertiti, and the death of his heir, Tutankhamun. 12,000 first printing.

Akhenaten: Egypt's False Prophet

Biographies & Memoirs

Historical

The tomb of Tutankhamun, with its treasures, has exerted a hold over the popular imagination ever since its discovery in 1922. This book is a detailed and comprehensive account of this great archaeological discovery. The story of the boy-king, buried in splendour at the height of Egyptian civilization; the determined quest for his tomb by Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon; the unforeseen riches eventually revealed - these are important events in the history of archaeology. However, despite the publicity at the time of the discovery and since - made more intriguing by the linking of Carnarvon's early death with the legend of the pharoah's curse - it remains a story only partly told. Carter never produced a complete account of his excavations. The Tutankhamun exhibitions of the 1960's and 1970's generated a spate of books but none added significantly to what Carter had already published about the tomb. This book is a revealing account of the subject.

THE COMPLETE TUTANKHAMUN (HARDBACK) /ANGLAIS

A fully updated and revised edition of a classic bestseller: the definitive guide to Tutankhamun and his tomb - what it contained, why, and what it means today. On 4 November 1922, Lord Carnarvon and Howard Carter's long search in Egypt's Valley of the Kings drew to a triumphant close: Tutankhamun's tomb had been found. As news of the discovery spread, and as images of the breathtaking treasures began to circulate, this once-obscure pharaoh would capture the imagination of the entire world. A hundred years on, and both the fascination and the drama continue. Scientific research has pushed forward, and the results have been impressive: the tomb's ground-plan and setting are now fully remapped; CT-scanning and aDNA have begun to shed their unique light on Tutankhamun in life and in death; super-accurate recordings have been secured of the Burial Chamber's decorated walls; and we possess at last high-quality photography of Pharaoh's possessions. Our access to Carnarvon and Carter's extraordinary find is greater today than it has ever been, and from this fuller evidence comes one new realization among many - that both the tomb and its treasures had been intended for someone else. In this new edition of his landmark book Egyptologist Nicholas Reeves revisits Tutankhamun in the context of his time, the excavators in the context of theirs, and every aspect, old and new, of the tomb's discovery, archaeology, architecture and art. If what was discovered in 1922 had the ability to amaze, then what has been discovered since will simply astonish.

The Complete Tutankhamun: 100 Years of Discovery

Tells the story of the boy-king, and describes his burial, the quest for his tomb, the riches found there, and the legendary curse

The Complete Tutankhamun: The King, the Tomb, the Royal Treasure (King Tut)

The Complete Valley of the Kings: Tombs and Treasures of Ancient Egypt's Royal Burial Site (The Complete Series)

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The Power of Film Propaganda: Myth or Reality?

The Power of Film Propaganda: Myth or Reality?

Complete Tutankhamun: The King, the Tomb, the Royal Treasure

The Complete Valley of the Kings: Tombs and Treasures of Egypt's Greatest Pharaohs

Ancient Egypt: The Great Discoveries

Akhenaten: Egypt's False Prophet

THE COMPLETE TUTANKHAMUN (HARDBACK) /ANGLAIS

The Complete Tutankhamun: 100 Years of Discovery

The Complete Tutankhamun: The King, the Tomb, the Royal Treasure (King Tut)

The Complete Valley of the Kings: Tombs and Treasures of Ancient Egypt's Royal Burial Site (The Complete Series)