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Fulfilling his debt to civilization: American filmmaker Harold Marvin Shaw, British wartime propaganda, and the anti-Bolshevik The Land of Mystery, 1914–1920

Pages 10-25 | Received 01 Feb 2024, Accepted 01 Feb 2024, Published online: 06 Mar 2024

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