Film in history

I agree that the film clips have great potential in a history class. I think I can use clips from some of the films we discussed in class as "documents" for students to study and incorporate in their document based essays. We often analyze images, and I use video clips to get students' attention or introduce a topic. However, short clips such as the image of the Coca Cola sign, or generational differences between characters displayed in Late Spring can also be used as documents depicting a moment in history.