Movie Lot to Beachhead: The Motion Picture Goes to War and Prepares for the Future
by Look Magazine
- Used
- first
- Condition
- good, fair to good
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran and Company, 1945. First Edition. good, fair to good. Quarto, 291, profusely illus., sm rough spot & sticker residue ins fr flylf, green marker line fore-edge, DJ edges worn: sm tears, sm chips. DJ in plastic sleeve. Hollywood's contributions to the Allied war effort. Topics covered include Jimmy Stewart's induction and flights over Germany, how war pictures like God Is My Co-Pilot were filmed, newsreel history, and training films.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ground Zero Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14594
- Title
- Movie Lot to Beachhead: The Motion Picture Goes to War and Prepares for the Future
- Author
- Look Magazine
- Book Condition
- Used - good, fair to good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Doran and Company
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, NY
- Date Published
- 1945
- Keywords
- WWII, Movie Industry, Motion Pictures, Hollywood, Newsreels, Training Films, Jimmy Stewart
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- Quarto
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