Britain and the cinema in the Second World War

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Britain and the cinema in the Second World War

edited by Philip M. Taylor

Macmillan, 1988

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Description

The essays which appear in this book for the most part originated as papers delivered at a conference on Britain and the cinema in the Second World War held in London in May 1985.

Table of Contents

  • Preface - Notes on the Contributors - Introduction: Film, The Historian and the Second World War
  • P.M.Taylor - British Society in the Second World War
  • J.Ramsden - The British Film Industry: Audiences and Producers
  • R.Murphy - National Identity in British Wartime Films
  • J.Richards - The People as Stars: Feature Films as National Expression
  • P.Stead - British Cinema and the Reality of War
  • C.Coultass - British Historical Epics in the Second World War
  • N.Mace - Cinematic Support for the Anglo-American Detente, 1939-43
  • K.R.M.Short - Creative Tensions: 'Desert Victory', the Army Film Unit and Anglo-American Rivalry, 1943-45
  • T.Aldgate - The Representation of Women in British Feature Films, 1939-45
  • S.Harper - Notes and References - Index

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