Public Information Films

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British Government Film Units, 1930–52

Häftad, Engelska, 2026

AvAlan Harding

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In the years after the First World War the British government had to adapt its communication policy to connect with the new mass electorate. This book examines the government’s own Film Units and their slow development of the Public Information Film. By reviewing the entire film catalogue produced by the Empire Marketing Board, the General Post Office and Crown Film Units, particular themes are identified which not only reflect the demands of the Units’ sponsors but also the anxieties and concerns of the 1930s and 1940s. The impact of the films is explored through the contemporary reaction of the audiences to them. By the time the Crown Film Unit was closed in 1952 a style of Public Information Film had been developed and continued into the 1970s.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2026-06-23
Mått138 x 216 x undefined mm
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor344
FörlagManchester University Press
ISBN9781526198273

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Introduction1 A shaky start – the British Government and film, 1900–302 The Empire Marketing Board Film Unit: Tallents, Grierson, documentaries and the revival of government interest, 1930–333 The General Post Office Film Unit in peacetime, 1933–374 Rumours of War and the creation of the Crown Film Unit, 1938–405 The Crown Film Unit’s wartime productions, 1940–456 The Crown Film Unit’s post-war productions, 1946–527 Non-theatrical exhibition and audiences8 Commercial and theatrical exhibition9 The end of Government film making, 1951–5210 LegacyIndex