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

The story and analysis of the Calling Blighty series of films made by the Combined Kinematograph Service in Burma and India between 1943 and 1946. These are remarkable and moving documents, a one-way Skype of their day, where men - and a very few women - sent spoken messages home to be shown to families and sweethearts in local cinemas. 42 illus.

About the author

Steve Hawley is professor and associate dean for research at the Manchester School of Art, Manchester Metropolitan University.

Summary

The story and analysis of the Calling Blighty series of films made by the Combined Kinematograph Service in Burma and India between 1943 and 1946. These are remarkable and moving documents, a one-way Skype of their day, where men – and a very few women – sent spoken messages home to be shown to families and sweethearts in local cinemas. 42 illus.

Product details

• Authors: Steve Hawley, Hawley Steve
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2022
• EAN: 9781789385113
• ISBN: 978-1-78938-511-3
• Dimensions: 170 mm x 244 mm x 11 mm
• Weight: 458 g
• Illustrations: 37 b&w images, Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, Films, cinema, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), PERFORMING ARTS / Film / General, Film Theory & Criticism, Gender Studies: Men, Myanmar (Burma), Film history, theory or criticism, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / Genres / Historical, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General