In the years after the First World War the British government had to adapt its communication policy to connect with the new mass electorate. This book examines the government's own Film Units and their slow development of the Public Information Film. By reviewing the entire film catalogue produced by the Empire Marketing Board, the General Post Office and Crown Film Units, particular themes are identified which not only reflect the demands of the Units' sponsors but also the anxieties and concerns of the 1930s and 1940s. The impact of the films is explored through the contemporary reaction of the audiences to them. By the time the Crown Film Unit was closed in 1952 a style of Public Information Film had been developed and continued into the 1970s.
| ISBN: | 9781526154781 |
| Publication date: | 22nd October 2024 |
| Author: | Alan Harding |
| Publisher: | Manchester University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 344 pages |
| Genres: |
Documentary films Film history, theory or criticism Film: styles and genres |
In the years after the First World War the British government had to adapt its communication policy to connect with the new mass electorate. This book examines the government's own Film Units and their slow development of the Public Information Film. By reviewing the entire film catalogue produced by the Empire Marketing Board, the General Post Office and Crown Film Units, particular themes are identified which not only reflect the demands of the Units' sponsors but also the anxieties and concerns of the 1930s and 1940s. The impact of the films is explored through the contemporary reaction of the audiences to them. By the time the Crown Film Unit was closed in 1952 a style of Public Information Film had been developed and continued into the 1970s.
Public Information Films features in the following genres: Documentary films, Film history, theory or criticism, Film: styles and genres
Public Information Films is available in Hardback
Public Information Films was written by Alan Harding and published by Manchester University Press
Public Information Films has 344 pages
£81.00