Shadows of Progress. Documentary film in post war Britain
Details:
- Author(s) Russell, Patrick, & James P Taylor (eds)
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 2010
- Pages 429pp; illus
- Publisher Palgrave Macmillan with British Film Institute
- Place Published London
Topics:
- Name Industrial films
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Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
- Visit British Library's website
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Notes:
Wide ranging content covers the documentary film making industry post 1945. Deals especially with cultural issues and notably with the careers of leading documentary film makers. It sheds some light on documentary film making by businesses for their own needs - training, marketing, public relations, etc and notably its sponsors from industry. Businesses referred to include ICI Ltd [Millbank Films], Royal Dutch Shell [Shell Film Unit], Post Office [GPO Film Unit], Unilever Ltd, Ford Motor Co Ltd, steel industry, National Coal Board, British Transport Commission [British Transport Films], etc