The 1942 film, unlike the play, begins in what was then the present day, and uses a flashback technique.

Using a flashback technique, Schisgal's Jimmy moves back to his school and college days, allowing Dustin to play younger again.

The novel Doorways in the Sand practices a flashback technique in which most chapters open with a scene, typically involving peril, not implied by the end of the previous chapter.

A Cottage on Dartmoor uses flashback technique, opening with Joe's flight from prison before going back to reveal the core events which led to him being there.

The novel is written in three parts, using the flashback technique.

The film features what Leonard Maltin referred to as an "eye-popping" flashback technique.

The creator of the flashback technique in cinema was D.W. Griffith.

The flashback technique is effective as it shades and colors the sundry attitudes of the heavy, as seen or recalled by the rest of the cast.

The story uses a restlessly energetic, crosscutting, flashback technique that moves from point of view to point of view, storytelling in the highest style.

Lawrence enjoyed the varied flashback techniques, including the all-black panels with objects drawn in white for painful memories.