Anthony Scott - The Story Of British Propaganda Film - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: All art is propaganda wrote George Orwell but not all propaganda is art. Moving from World War I to the War on Terror and beyond The Story of British Propaganda Film shows how the emergence of film as a global media phenomenon reshaped practices of propaganda while new practices of propaganda in turn reshaped the use of the moving image. It explores classic examples of cinematic propaganda such as The Battle of the Somme (1916) Listen to Britain (1942) and Animal Farm (1954) alongside little - known newsreels telemagazines and digital media initiatives in the process challenging our understanding of propaganda itself and its many diverse manifestations. Richly illustrated with unique material from the BFI National Archive the book shows how central propaganda is to the development of British film and how it has filtered our understanding of modern British history from narratives of decolonisation to the celebration of pop culture and the meanings of the postwar consensus. In a contemporary moment so preoccupied with misinformation malinformation and disinformation Scott Anthony explains why the response to the ubiquity of the propaganda film has often turned out to be the production of ever more propaganda.
Title: The Story Of British Propaganda Film
Author(s): Anthony Scott
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Barcode: 9781839021398
Pages: 192 Pages, 100 Colour Illus
Publication Date: 10/3/2024
Series: British Screen Stories
Category: Propaganda