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Think Like a Historian: Working with Primary Source Evidence

Films and Videos

Films and videos are a relatively new form of historical evidence. They can show us historical events happening in real time, but they can also be edited to suggest a particular narrative. For historians using film and video clips as primary sources, understanding how historicacontext influences the choices film producers make is very important 

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