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1 online resource (352 pages) |
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Acknowledgments.- Foreword .- Sir Christopher Frayling.- PART One: ARGUMENTS, IDEAS, ISSUES 1 John Grierson and the Lost World of the GPO Film Unit Jeffrey Richards.- 2 The GPO Film Unit and 'Britishness' in the 1930s Scott Anthony.- 3 GPO Films and Modern Design Yasuko Suga.- 4 Old Industry, New Science? The GPO Film Unit between Palaeotechnology and Neotechnology Timothy Boon.- 5 An Archivist's Perspective on the Work of the GPO Film Unit Steven Foxon.- PART TWO: FILM-MAKERS 6 Alberto Cavalcanti: Lessons in Fusion at the GPO Film Unit Charles Drazin.- 7 Harry Watt: on Land, at Sea and in the Air Amy Sargeant.- 8 Humphrey Jennings: The Customs of the Country Michael McCluskey.- 9 Portrait of an Invisible Man: The Working Life of Stewart McAllister, Film Editor Dai Vaughan.- 10 Job in a Million: Evelyn Spice at the GPO Barbara Evans.- 11 The Joy of Drooling: In Praise of Len Lye Kevin Jackson.- PART THREE: KEY DOCUMENTS FROM THE HISTORY OF THE GPO FILM UNIT.- PART FOUR: AESTHETICS.- 12 Rhythm, Modernity and the Politics of Sound; James G. Mansell.- 13 Voiceover/Commentary Martin Stollery.- 14 National Identity, the GPO Film Unit and their Music E. Anna Claydon.- 15 Technology the GPO Film Unit Leo Enticknap.- 16 Modern art and Design in 1930s Britain: Contexts and Legacies of the Documentary Film Paul Rennie.- PART FIVE: THE GPO FILM UNIT AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS CULTURE PART SIX: FILMS.- 17 'Go the way the material calls you': Basil Wright and The Song of Ceylon Jon Hoare.- 18 The Horsey Mail: Documentary as Landscape David Matless.- 19 The GPO at Play: What's On Today and Spare Time Richard Haynes.- 20 The Silent Village: The GPO Film Unit Goes to War Wendy Webster.- 21 Visualising the World: The British Documentary at Unesco Zoe Druick.- 22 Counterpoints and Counterparts: Film at the Post-war GPO Patrick Russell.- PART SEVEN: THE GPO FILM UNTI AND THE MODERN POST OFFICE Postscript Roy Mayall.- Filmography.- Notes on Contributors .- Index |
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Great Britain. Post Office. Film Unit -- History
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Great Britain. Post Office. Film Unit fast |
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Documentary films -- Great Britain -- History and criticism
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Documentary films -- Social aspects -- Great Britain
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Films, cinema.
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PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / History & Criticism.
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PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / Guides & Reviews.
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PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / General.
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Documentary films
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Documentary films -- Social aspects
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Motion pictures
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Great Britain -- In motion pictures.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh90004759
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Great Britain
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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Electronic book
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Anthony, Scott, 1977-
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Mansell, James G
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| ISBN |
9781839020438 |
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1839020431 |
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9781839020445 |
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183902044X |
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