Shadows of progress : documentary film in post-war Britain / edited by Patrick Russell & James Piers Taylor.

Date:
2010
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Publication/Creation

Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.

Physical description

xii, 429 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes

"A BFI book".

Contents

Between the tides : mapping post-war documentary. The long tail ; Documentary culture : groupings, gatherings and writings ; Films nobody sees : distribution and exhibition ; Production ; Sponsorship ; Themes in post-war documentary -- The new explorers : careers in post-war documentary. People productivity and change : Peter Bradford / Timothy Boon ; The world still sings : Jack Howells / Dave Berry ; I don't think he did anything after that : Paul Dickson / Leo Enticknap ; Conflict and confluence : Michael Orrom / Katy McGahan ; Documentary on the move : Tony Thompson, Bill Mason, Geoffrey Jones / Steven Foxon ; Pictures should be steady : James Hill / James Piers Taylor ; Less film society : more fleet street : Peter Hopkinson / James Piers Taylor ; Science and society : Peter de Normanville, Sarah Erulkar / Ros Cranston & Katy McGahan ; Shooting the message : John Krish / Patrick Russell ; Who's driving : Peter Pickering / Patrick Russell ; The passing stranger : Anthony Simmons / Michael Brooke ; Meet the pioneers : Early Lindsay Anderson / Erik Hedling ; A person apart : Guy Brenton / Ros Cranton ; Tracts of time : Derek Williams / Patrick Russel ; Savage voyages : Eric Marquis / Rebecca Vick ; Between two worlds : Derrick Knight / Bert Hogenkamp.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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    History of Medicine
    CUF.41.AA9
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ISBN

  • 9781844573226
  • 1844573222
  • 9781844573219
  • 1844573214