Projection of Britain. A history of the GPO Film Unit
Details:
- Author(s) Scott, Anthony, & James G Mansell (eds)
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 2011
- Pages 352pp; illus
- Publisher Palgrave Macmillan
- Place Published Basingstoke
Topics:
- Name Industrial films
Countries:
Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
- Visit British Library's website
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Notes:
Collection of essays dealing with the Unit's output, production process, cultural values, cultural context, etc, but not its economic or business context. Arranged in seven parts: 'Arguments, ideas, issues'; 'Film makers'; 'Key documents from the history of the GPO Film Unit' [a misnomer]; 'Aesthetics'; 'GPO Film Unit and telecommunications'; 'Film futures'; 'GPO Film Unit and the Modern Post Office'; 'Films'. Some essays include: 'Technology and the GPO Film Unit'; 'John Grierson and the lost world of the GPO Film Unit'; 'GPO films and modern design'; 'An archivist's perspective on the work of the GPO Film Unit'