Land of promise : the British documentary movement 1930-1950.
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FilmPublisher number: BFIVD756 | British Film InstituteLanguage: English Copyright date: ©2013Description: 4 videodiscs (DVD) (720 min. + 60 min. of extra material) : black and white, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (92 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 19 cm)Content type: - two-dimensional moving image
- video
- videodisc
- World War (1939-1945)
- 1900-1999
- Documentary films -- Great Britain -- History and criticism
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Motion pictures and the war
- Motion picture producers and directors -- Great Britain -- Biography
- Documentary films
- Motion picture producers and directors
- Social conditions
- War and motion pictures
- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century -- Sources
- Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 20th century
- Great Britain
| Item type | Current library | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Video Recording | Carleton University, AVRC | SP456 - Collections Room | DVD 1195 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 16050123349 | |
| Video Recording | Carleton University, AVRC | SP456 - Collections Room | DVD 1195 Booklet (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 16050158061 |
4-disc set.--Container.
Disc 1. Industrial Britain / Robert Flaherty (1931) -- Face of Britain series. Shipyard / Paul Rotha (1935) -- Workers and jobs / Arthur Elton (1935) -- Housing problems / Arthur Elton ; Edgar Anstey (1935) -- Children at school / Basil Wright (1937) -- Farewell topsails / Humphrey Jennings (1937) -- Today we live / Ruby Grierson ; Ralph Bond (1937) -- Eastern valley / Donald Alexander (1937) -- People of Britain / Paul Rotha (1936) -- If war should come / GPO Film Unit ; no director credited (1939).
Disc 2. Britain at bay / Harry Watt (1940) -- Transfer of skill / Geoffrey Bell (1940) -- They also serve / Ruby Grierson (1940) -- Tomorrow is theirs / James Carr (1940) -- Words for battle / Humphrey Jennings (1941) -- Ordinary people / Jack Lee ; J.B. Holmes (1941) -- Five and under / Donald Alexander (1941) -- Night shift / J.D. Chambers (1942) -- The countrywomen / John Page (1942) -- Summer on the farm / Ralph Keene (1943) -- Listen to Britain / Humphrey Jennings ; Stewart McAllister (1942) -- Builders / Pat Jackson (1942) -- Words and actions / Max Anderson (1943) -- A diary for Timothy / Humphrey Jennings (1946).
Disc 3. Land of promise (1946) ; The balance (1947) / Paul Rotha -- What a life! / Michael Law (1948) -- The dim little island / Humphrey Jennings (1948) -- Britain can make it (no 1) / Francis Gysin (1946) -- Fenlands / Ken Annakin (1945) -- Children's charter / Gerard Bryant (1945) -- Chasing the blues / J.D. Chambers ; Jack Ellitt (1947) -- Cotton come back / Donald Alexander (1946) -- Five towns / Terry Bishop (1947).
Disc 4. A plan to work on / Kay Mander (1948) -- Mining review. 2nd year ; no 11 / Peter Pickering (1949) -- From the ground up / Crown Film Unit ; no director credited (1950) -- Wealth of the world series. Transport / Peter Bradford (1950) -- The undefeated / Paul Dickson (1950) -- Family portrait / Humphrey Jennings (1950) -- Bonus features. John Grierson at the NFT (1959) ; Close up : recollections of British documentary (2007).
Booklet. Introduction / Patrick Russell -- The British documentary movement in the 1930s / Ian Aitken -- The British documentary movement in the second world war / James Chapman -- The post-war British documentary movement / Patrick Russell -- Select biographies -- The women of the British documentary movement / Sarah Easen.
DVD. PAL. Region 2.
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