Paul Swann (Philadelphia Temple University)

The British Documentary Film Movement, 1926 1946

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Produktbeschreibung

The most important and internationally influential development in British cinema was the documentary film movement led by John Grierson in the 1930s and 1940s. Paul Swann's study is a political and social history of this movement, which was characterized by actuality-based films made outside the commercial industry.

Produktdetails

• Cambridge Studies in Film
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 228
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. August 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 500g
• ISBN-13: 9780521334792
• ISBN-10: 0521334799
• Artikelnr.: 20984084

Autorenporträt

Paul Swann is a Retired Army Reserve JAG officer and Constitutional Law instructor. He spends his time in Arkansas with his wife and two dogs.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction: the British documentary film movement
2. The empire marketing board film unit, 1926-1933
3. The general post office film unit, 1933-1937
4. The general post office film unit, 1937-1940
5. The 'independent' documentary film, 1932-1939
6. The British documentary film, trade propaganda, and national projection, 1926-1939
7. The documentary movement during the war, 1939-1945
8. Conclusion
Appendix
Notes
Bibliography
Index.