The British Documentary Film Movement, 1926-1946 (Cambridge Studies in Film)
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The most important and internationally influential development in British cinema was the documentary film movement led by John Grierson in the 1930s and 1940s. This is a political and social history of that movement, which was characterized by actuality-based films made outside the commercial industry. Based on examinations of official government records, the study provides a fascinating picture of the relationship forged between Grierson and the civil service bureaucracy for his own needs and the needs of his country. The book offers a fresh look at a rare moment in the history of cinema when a different mode of production, philosophy, and source of funding permitted a determined group to create a distinguished body of work.
The British Documentary Film Movement, 1926-1946 (Cambridge Studies in Film),Paul Swann,William Rothman,Dudley Andrew,Cambridge University Press,0521334799,Documentary films,Educational And Documentary Films,Film & Video - General,Great Britain,History and criticism,Media Studies,Performing Arts/Dance,Pop Arts / Pop Culture,Social Science,Sociology,Films, cinema,Inter-war period, 1918-1939,Performing Arts / Mass Media,Postwar period, 1945 to c 2000,Second World War, 1939-1945,United Kingdom, Great Britain
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