CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION: FRENCH COLONIAL DOCUMENTARY -- 1. TUPI OR NOT TUPI: NATURAL MAN AND THE IDEOLOGY OF FRENCH COLONIAL DOCUMENTARY -- 2. MYTHOLOGIES OF THE TIRAILLEURS SÉNÉGALAIS: CINEMA, SHELL SHOCK, AND FRENCH COLONIAL PSYCHIATRY -- 3. THE TRANS-SAHARAN CROSSING FILMS: COLONIAL CINEMATIC PROJECTIONS OF THE FRENCH AUTOMOBILE -- 4. DIAGNOSING INVISIBLE AGENTS: BETWEEN THE MICROBIOLOGICAL AND THE GEOGRAPHIC -- 5. INFILTRATE THE CROWD WITH AN IDEA! COLONIAL EDUCATIONAL CINEMA AND THE THREAT OF IMITATIVE CONTAGION -- 6. HUMANITARIAN VISIONS AND COLONIAL IMPERATIVES: FÉLIX-LOUIS REGNAULT, ALBERT KAHN, AND HENRI BERGSON AS SEMIOPHORE-MEN -- CONCLUSION. THE FRENCH COLONIAL MEDIA APPARATUS: NATURAL MAN AND THE DIALECTICS OF AMERICANIZATION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- APPENDIX: ARCHIVES AND FILM AND MEDIA REFERENCES -- NOTES -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.