"A BFI book published by Palgrave Macmillan." Includes bibliographical references and index. Includes filmography.
Contents:
joy of drooling: in praise of Len Lye / Kevin Jackson -- PART III: ARGUMENTS, IDEAS, ISSUES: John Grierson and the lost world of the GPO Film Unit / Jeffrey Richards -- The GPO Film Unit and 'Britishness' in the 1930s / Scott Anthony -- GPO films and modern design / Yasuko Suga -- Old industry, new science? The GPO Film Unit between palaeotechnology and neotechnology / Timothy Boon -- An archivist's perspective on the work of the GPO Film Unit / Steve Foxon -- PART II: FILMMAKERS: Alberto Cavalcanti: lessons in fusion at the GPO Film Unit / Charles Drazin -- Harry Watt: on land, at sea, and in the air / Amy Sargeant -- Humphrey Jennings: the customs of the country / Michael McCluskey -- Portrait of an invisible man: the working life of Stewart McAllister, film editor / Dai Vaughan -- Job in a Million: Evelyn Spice at the GPO / Barbara Evans -- The joy of drooling: in praise of Len Lye / Kevin Jackson -- PART III: Counterpoints and counterparts: film at the post-war GPO / The Rhythm, modernity and the politics of sound / Patrick Russell -- Martin Stollery -- National identity, the GPO Film Unit and their music / E. Anna Claydon -- Technology the GPO Film Unit / Leo Enticknap -- 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 / David Hay -- PART V: FILMS: 'Go the way the material calls you': Basil Wright and The Song of Ceylon / Jon Hoare -- The Horsey Mail: documentary as landscape / David Matless -- The GPO at play: What's On Today and Spare Time / Richard Haynes -- The Silent Village: the GPO Film Unit goes to war / Wendy Webster -- Visualising the world: the British documentary at Unesco / Zoe Druik -- Counterpoints and counterparts: film at the post-war GPO / Patrick Russell -- PART VI: THE Postscript / Postscript / Roy Mayall.
Summary:
"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"-- Provided by publisher.
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.