The British Official Film in South-East Asia: Malaya/Malaysia, Singapore and Hong Kong

by Ian Aitken

Introduction: the forms of the British official/sponsored documentary film.-1. Diverging jurisdictions: The influence of 'Griersonian' and 'civil service' traditions of official film-making on the Malayan Film Unit (1946-57) and Hong Kong Film Unit (1959-73).-2. Delusions of regional superintendence at the end of empire and the case of the Singapore Regional Information Office, 1947-1961.-3. The use of the official film in Malaya/Malaysia, Singapore...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137493437
• ISBN13: 9781137493439
• Release Date: December 2016
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.3"