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Land of promise [videorecording] : The British documentary movement, 1930-1950 / [British Film Institute ], introduction by Patrick Russell.

Contributor(s): Jennings, Humphrey | Grierson, John, 1898-1972 | Russell, Patrick | British Film InstitutePublication details: London : British Film Institute, [2009] Description: 4 DVDs, 92 page booklet : b&wSubject(s): Documentary films -- Great Britain -- History and criticism
Contents:
-- Disc 1 : Industrial Britain ; Shipyard ; Workers and jobs ; Housing problems ; Children at school ; Farewell topsails ; Today we live ; Eastern valley ; People of Britain ; If war should come -- Disc 2 : Britain at bay ; Transfer of skill ; They also serve ; Tomorrow is theirs ; Words for battle ; Ordinary people ; Five and under ; Night shift ; The countrywomen ; Summer on the farm ; Listen to Britain ; Builders ; Words and actions ; A diary for Timothy. -- Disc 3 : Land of promise ; The balance ; What a life ! ; The dim little island ; Britain can make it (no 1) ; Fenlands ; Children's charter ; Chasing the blues ; Cotton come back ; Five towns. -- Disc 4 : A plan to work on ; Mining review 2nd year no 11 ; From the ground up : Transport : The undefeated : Family portrait ; John Greirson at the NFT ; Close up : recollections of British documentary. -- Accompanying guide (92 p. :ill. )
Summary: Contains forty British documentaries produced between 1930 and 1950, some directed by Humphrey Jennings and John Grierson.
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-- Disc 1 : Industrial Britain ; Shipyard ; Workers and jobs ; Housing problems ; Children at school ; Farewell topsails ; Today we live ; Eastern valley ; People of Britain ; If war should come -- Disc 2 : Britain at bay ; Transfer of skill ; They also serve ; Tomorrow is theirs ; Words for battle ; Ordinary people ; Five and under ; Night shift ; The countrywomen ; Summer on the farm ; Listen to Britain ; Builders ; Words and actions ; A diary for Timothy. -- Disc 3 : Land of promise ; The balance ; What a life ! ; The dim little island ; Britain can make it (no 1) ; Fenlands ; Children's charter ; Chasing the blues ; Cotton come back ; Five towns. -- Disc 4 : A plan to work on ; Mining review 2nd year no 11 ; From the ground up : Transport : The undefeated : Family portrait ; John Greirson at the NFT ; Close up : recollections of British documentary. -- Accompanying guide (92 p. :ill. )

Contains forty British documentaries produced between 1930 and 1950, some directed by Humphrey Jennings and John Grierson.

DVD.