Remembering Life

United States, 1986

Film
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A history of Life magazine which first appeared in America in November 1936. Life pioneered pictorial journalism and in the process radically altered the course of the print media. Editors, journalists and photographers involved with its production, discuss the incredible power and influence had by this pictorial.

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Credits

director

Alison Abelson

Duration

00:30:00:00

Production places
United States
Production dates
1986

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

017447

Language

English

Subject categories

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Journalism

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - United States

History → History

Short films

Short films → Short films - United States

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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