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010 $a 2011046902
020 $a9781844573752 (acid-free paper)
020 $a1844573753 (acid-free paper)
020 $a9781844573745 (pbk.)
020 $a1844573745 (pbk.)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn727703065
035 $a(OCoLC)727703065
035 $a(NNC)9139285
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050 00 $aPN1993.5.G7$bP86 2011
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084 $aPER004030$aPER004020$aPER004000$aHIS015000$2bisacsh
245 04 $aThe projection of Britain :$ba history of the GPO Film Unit /$cedited by Scott Anthony and James G. Mansell.
260 $aHoundmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire [England] ;$aNew York :$bPalgrave Macmillan,$c2011.
300 $aix, 338 p. :$bill. (some col.) ;$c26 cm.
500 $a"A BFI book published by Palgrave Macmillan."
520 $a"This Reader provides a comprehensive resource guide to the films, filmmakers and social and cultural importance of the GPO Film Unit. In addition to original essays by leading film and cultural historians, the volume reprints rare archival material about the work of the Unit, as well as a GPO filmography and profiles of key figures"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
504 $aIncludes filmography.
505 8 $aMachine generated contents note: -- Contents -- 1. Acknowledgements -- 2. Introduction (Chris Frayling tbc) -- PART I: ARGUMENTS, IDEAS, ISSUES -- 3. John Grierson and the lost world of the GPO Film Unit -- Jeffrey Richards -- 4. The GPO Film Unit and 'Britishness' in the 1930s -- Scott Anthony -- 5. GPO films and modern design -- Yasuko Suga -- 6. Old industry, new science? The GPO Film Unit between palaeotechnology and neotechnology -- Timothy Boon -- 7. An archivist's perspective on the work of the GPO Film Unit -- Steve Foxon -- PART II: FILMMAKERS -- 8. Alberto Cavalcanti: lessons in fusion at the GPO Film Unit -- Charles Drazin -- 9. Harry Watt: on land, at sea, and in the air -- Amy Sargeant -- 10. Humphrey Jennings: the customs of the country -- Michael McCluskey -- 11. Portrait of an invisible man: the working life of Stewart McAllister, film editor -- Dai Vaughan -- 12. Job in a Million: Evelyn Spice at the GPO -- Barbara Evans -- 13. The joy of drooling: in praise of Len Lye -- Kevin Jackson -- PART III: KEY DOCUMENTS FROM THE HISTORY OF THE GPO FILM UNIT -- PART IV: AESTHETICS -- 14. Rhythm, modernity and the politics of sound -- James G. Mansell -- 15. Voiceover/Commentary -- Martin Stollery -- 16. National identity, the GPO Film Unit and their music -- E. Anna Claydon -- 17. Technology the GPO Film Unit -- Leo Enticknap -- 18. Modern art and design in 1930s Britain: contexts and legacies of the documentary film -- Paul Rennie -- PART V: THE GPO FILM UNIT AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS CULTURE -- PART V: FILMS -- 19. 'Go the way the material calls you': Basil Wright and The Song of Ceylon -- Jon Hoare -- 20. The Horsey Mail: documentary as landscape -- David Matless -- 21. The GPO at play: What's On Today and Spare Time -- Richard Haynes -- 22. The Silent Village: the GPO Film Unit goes to war -- Wendy Webster -- 23. Visualising the world: the British documentary at Unesco -- Zoe Druik -- 24. Counterpoints and counterparts: film at the post-war GPO -- Patrick Russell -- PART VI: THE GPO FILM UNTI AND THE MODERN POST OFFICE -- 25. Postscript -- Roy Mayall -- 26. Filmography -- 27. Notes on the contributors.
610 10 $aGreat Britain.$bPost Office.$bFilm Unit$xHistory.
650 0 $aDocumentary films$zGreat Britain$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aDocumentary films$xSocial aspects$zGreat Britain.
651 0 $aGreat Britain$xIn motion pictures.
650 7 $aPERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / History & Criticism.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aPERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / Guides & Reviews.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aPERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / General.$2bisacsh
700 1 $aAnthony, Scott,$d1977-
700 1 $aMansell, James G.
856 42 $3Cover image$uhttp://www.netread.com/jcusers2/bk1388/745/9781844573745/image/lgcover.9781844573745.jpg
852 00 $bglx$hPN1993.5.G7$iP86 2011