Table of contents : 1. Contents: Necessity: The Form is Launched - Its Preconscious Evolution 2. Bridge: Esther Schub Shapes a New Art (1927) 3. The Lines are Drawn: Techniques Perfected Before the Second World War 4. Argument (1939-45): The Form Serves All Combatants 5. Trial By Document: The Use of German Archives by the Thorndikes & Others 6. Smaller Screen - Larger Audiences: Television' s Use of the Form 7. Discovery: New Materials & New Subjects