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Author:   James Piers Taylor ,  Patrick Russell
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   BFI Publishing
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.922kg
ISBN:  

9781844573219

ISBN 10:   1844573214
Pages:   384
Publication Date:   19 October 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments.- Notes on Contributors.- Introduction: Whatever Happened to the Documentary Movement?.- PART ONE: BETWEEN THE TIDES: MAPPING POST-WAR DOCUMENTARY.- The Long Tail.- Documentary Culture: Groupings, Gatherings and Writings.- Films Nobody Sees?: Distribution and Exhibition.- Production.- Sponsorship.- Themes.- PART TWO: THE NEW EXPLORERS: CAREERS IN POST-WAR DOCUMENTARY.- Introduction.- People, Productivity and Change: P.Bradford & T.Boon.- The World Still Sings: J.Howells & D.Berry.- 'I Don't Thing He Did Anything Else: P.Dickson & L.Enticknap.- Conflict and Confluence: Michael Orrom & K.McGahan.- Documentary on the Move: T.Thompson, B.Mason, G.Jones & S.Foxon.- Pictures Should Be Steady: J.Hill & J.Piers Taylor.- Less Film Society More Fleet Street: P.Hopkinson & J.Piers Taylor.- Science and Society: P.Noemanville, S.Erulkar, R.Cranston & K.McGahan.- Shooting the Message: J.Krish & P.Russell.- Who's Driving?: P.Pickering & P.Russell.- The Passing Stranger: A.Simmons & M.Brooke.- Meet the Pioneers Early; L.Anderson & E.Hedling.- A Person Apart: G.Brenton & R.Cranston.- Tracts of Time: D.Williams & P.Russell.- Savage Voyages: Eric Marquis & R.Vick.- Between Two Worlds: D.Knight & B.Hogenkamp.- Index.

Reviews

In future years, this book... may be seen as a turning point in documentary study.' - David Rolinson, Journal of Historical Film, Radio and Television 'an exhaustive look at the post-war documentary boom' - The Digital Fix '...lively, interesting and important.' - Viewfinder 'A major addition to the literature on the history of the documentary film, and to the history of british cinema...Shadows of Progress brings to wider public and academic attention a category of films that would otherwise be hidden from view. No other book of this scale has been published on the specific topic of British film documentary history in the post-war period, and thanks to its publication there now exists an accessible resource that can both define an area of documentary production, and provide the basis for further study.' - Reviews in History

'In future years, this book... may be seen as a turning point in documentary study.' - David Rolinson, Journal of Historical Film, Radio and Television 'an exhaustive look at the post-war documentary boom' - The Digital Fix '...lively, interesting and important.' - Viewfinder 'A major addition to the literature on the history of the documentary film, and to the history of british cinema...Shadows of Progress brings to wider public and academic attention a category of films that would otherwise be hidden from view. No other book of this scale has been published on the specific topic of British film documentary history in the post-war period, and thanks to its publication there now exists an accessible resource that can both define an area of documentary production, and provide the basis for further study.' - Reviews in History

'an exhaustive look at the post-war documentary boom' - The Digital Fix '...lively, interesting and important.' - Viewfinder

Author Information

PATRICK RUSSELL is Senior Curator (Non-Fiction), BFI National Archive, UK. He is the author of 100 British Documentaries (2007) and co-editor of The Lost World of Mitchell and Kenyon (2004) and a regular contributor to BFI Screenonline. JAMES PIERS TAYLOR is an independent curator and film historian. He has worked previously in several film archives, including those of the BBC, the BFI, the Imperial War Museum, ITN, ITV and Reuters.

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