London can take it. Words for battle. Listen to Britain. Fires were started. Diary for Timothy. Family portrait. Myra Hess, playing the first movement of Beethoven's Sonata in F Minor No. 57 (Apassionata)
Notes:
DVD release of seven early films. "Humphrey Jennings," essay in included booklet, by Dean w. Duncan. "Produced for DVD by David Shepard."
Contents:
London can take it (1940, 9 mins.) -- Words for battle (1941, 8 mins.) -- Listen to Britain (1942, 18 mins.) -- Fires were started (1943, 70 mins.) -- A diary for Timothy (1943, 39 mins.) -- Family portrait (1951, 26 mins.) -- Myra Hess, playing the first movement of Beethoven's Sonata in F Minor No. 57 (Apassionata) (1945, 9 mins.).
Summary:
A collection of six films (and one bonus film) by one of the greatest figures in the celebrated British Documentary Film Movement. He is most remembered for the way his work reflects the concerns and conditions of World War II era in the United Kingdom. In these pictures, Jennings's impressive aesthetic arsenal helped to expand the scope and vocabulary of documentary films.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)50283471
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.