Erik Barnouw

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Erik Barnouw (June 23, 1908 – July 19, 2001) was an American historian of radio and television broadcasting. At the time of his death, Barnouw was widely considered to be America's most distinguished historian of broadcasting. Among his significant works are the textbook, 'Documentary: A History of the Non-Fiction Film', Oxford University Press, 1993, and the film 'Hiroshima Nagasaki August, 1945', 1970, which compiles footage shot shortly after the bombing by both Japanese and American cameramen.

Most Popular Erik Barnouw Trailers

Total trailers found: 10

Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist Trailer (1998)

01 January 1998

A look at the confluence of the Red Scare, McCarthyism, and blacklists with the post-war activism by African Americans seeking more and better roles on radio, television, and stage.

The Constitution and Employment Standards Trailer (1958)

01 January 1958

Reconstructs the case of United States vs. Darby Lumber Company, which, in 1941, resolved long struggles over the question of whether Congress had the right to set minimum wages, limit child labor, and in other respects legislate employment standards.

The Constitution and the Right to Vote Trailer (1959)

01 January 1959

Follows the efforts to gain the right to vote for Negroes through a succession of legal decision and social changes.

The Camps of Death Trailer (1983)

01 January 1983

Human torture. Factories of death. War atrocities. The crimes that haunt the pagse of history are chronicled in the piercing documentary Camps of Death.

The Constitution and the Labor Union Trailer (1957)

01 January 1957

Shows the relationship of the Constitution to organized labor. Presents the case of Whitaker et al. v.

The Constitution and Censorship Trailer (1957)

01 January 1957

Shows the relationship of the Constitution to the issue of prior restraint on freedom of expression. Presents the case of Burstyn v.

Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio Trailer (1991)

01 October 1991

For 50 years radio dominated the airwaves and the American consciousness as the first “mass medium.

Hiroshima Nagasaki August, 1945 Trailer (1970)

01 January 1970

This documentary is a compilation of silent black-and-white film footage shot by the Japanese in Hiroshima and Nagasaki shortly after the atomic bomb blasts in early August 1945.

Memento Trailer (1968)

31 December 1968

Experimental short film about car wreckage and automobile safety.

Corwin Trailer (1996)

14 June 1996

Biography of Norman Corwin, the great writer, producer and director of the Golden Age of Radio. Actors in his radio plays included Orson Welles, Jimmy Stewart, Charles Laughton, Danny Kaye, Paul Robeson and Judy Garland.