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From the Lumiere brothers' record of a locomotive pulling into a train station in 1895's Arrival of a Train to Disney's stunning images captured with the latest digital technology in 2009's Earth, this survey examines some 300 of the world's most notable documentaries. Featuring a range of documentary styles and topics - travel/ethnographic epics; notorious propaganda, wartime morale boosters, and battle epics; and, exposes, commemorations, and sports-figure biographies - the resource covers a broad cross-section of venerable films in an accessible viewer's guide format. In addition to offering a critical commentary on each documentary, the book discloses fascinating trivia about the movies and the history of the venerated art-form.

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