No Film In My Camera

Why would you purposefully shoot scenes with no film in your camera? To find the answer, you will need to read this memoir, in which internationally-known Director/Cameraman Bill Gibson recounts some of his most exciting assignments of the past six decades. His career as a combat cameraman propelled him through World War II with the Navy, the Korean Conflict with the Air Force, and to Vietnam as a civilian on assignment with the U.S. Marines. His stories begin with the harrowing retelling of a kamikaze and torpedo attack against the USS Hornet (the Aircraft Carrier that brought the Doolittle Raiders within striking distance of the Japanese homeland) and continue through time and across space, taking the reader on a rollicking ride through history as told through one man's camera. Gibson offers up riots in Indonesia, uprisings in Africa, and coverage of world leaders that reads like a twentieth-century who's who: FDR, Harry Truman, Gen. Douglas MacArthur, Charles Lindbergh, Albert Schweitzer, DeGaulle, John F. Kennedy, Reagan, and many others. He also provides insights into the frustrations and triumphs of America's space program, from his vantage point as a consultant to NASA on the photographic coverage of Apollo 11. In No Film in My Camera, Gibson brings all of these scenes to life, not only with his photography, but also with detail and emotion.

Beginning his 60-year film and photo career at the outbreak of World War II on the deck of the ill-fated aircraft carrier USS Hornet, Gibson lived through some of the most explosive events in US history. Step back into history and relive the scenes of war through is unique lens and experience those battles in the South Pacific, the Baker underwater atomic test, and much more. This is one whirlwind tour through history that you won't want to miss.

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In photographs and text, Gibson remembers highlights of his 50 years as a director and producer in film and television. Combat in Vietnam and uprisings in Africa, world leaders, big game hunting, and consulting NASA on the photographic coverage of make their appearance. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

The late Bill Gibson spent more than fifty years working in the motion picture and television industries. His credits as Director and Producer have run the gamut of diversity-feature films, music videos, documentaries, scientific films, special effects, commercials, and infomercials.