Men, War and Film - The Calling Blighty Films of World War II

by Steve Hawley

The Calling Blighty series of films produced by the Combined Kinematograph Service produced towards the end of the Second World War were one-reel films in which soldiers gave short spoken messages to the camera as a means of connecting the front line and the home front. These are the first ever films where men speak openly in their regional accents, and they have profound meaning for remembrance, documentary representation and the ecology of film...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1789385113
• ISBN13: 9781789385113
• Release Date: July 2022
• Publisher: Intellect (UK)
• Length: 150 Pages