Learning on ScreenStory of an Air CommuniquÉ, The
- Synopsis
- Made for the Ministry of Information to show how accurately the figures for destroyed enemy aircraft were compiled and checked. The film has no technical credits apart from that of the GPO Film Unit itself. Concentrating on a single communiqué (the one for 15th September 1940) and looking at the individuals concerned with it (from fighter pilots to intelligence officers through fighter command to the world’s newspapermen assembled at the Ministry of Information), the film is a lesson in how to make a human story out of bald statistics.
- Series
- Britain at War: Under Fire
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video; Videocassette. VHS. col. 7 min.
- Year of production
- 1940
- Availability
- Sale
- Notes
- See: BRITAIN AT WAR: UNDER FIRE for availability on compilation videocassette.
- Subjects
- History
- Keywords
- aircraft; World War II
Production Company
- Name
GPO Film Unit
Sponsor
Distributor
- Name
Post Office Film & Video Library
- poes@edist.co.uk
- Phone
- 01795 426465
- Fax
- 01795 474871
- Address
- c/o Post Office Education Services
PO Box 145
Sittingbourne
Kent
ME10 1NH - Notes
- Contact: Barry Wiles
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