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Film And The Making Of A Modern Nebraska (1895-1920): A Historical Geography, William Helmer
Film And The Making Of A Modern Nebraska (1895-1920): A Historical Geography, William Helmer
Department of Geography: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research
This thesis is a historical geography of the first 25 years of film exhibition in Nebraska, primarily focusing on Southeastern Nebraska. My research chronicles how the first films were viewed, and the contemporary cultural reaction to film. I introduce my topic by explaining how it fits into geographies of media and the historical geography of Nebraska. In my second chapter I describe how film technology first came to Nebraska in 1895. Here I map the locations of the first film screenings, and provide commentary on the popular reaction to the technology. In my third chapter I examine the first Nebraska …