Boer War, The: The First Media War
- Synopsis
- The Boer War (1988-1902) saw correspondents - among them Winston Churhcill, Rudyard Kipling and Edgar Wallace, photographers and newsreel cameramen play a major part in war propaganda for the first time. Uses diaries, memoirs, photographs and archive film to show the role of the media in the conflict.
- Series
- Timewatch, Series
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. b&w/col. 50 min.
- Year of production
- 1997
- Availability
- Sale; 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)
- Notes
- Broadcast on BBC2 on 18/3/97.
- Subjects
- History; Media studies
- Keywords
- Boer War
Credits
- Producer
- William Cran
- Contributor
- Laurence Rees
Production Company
- Name
BBC Television
Distributor
- Name
BBC Active Video for Learning - now BBC Learning
- Contact
- Carolina Fernandez Jeremy Wilcox (CF - for educational enquiries JW - channel sales manager)
- BBCStudiosLearning@bbc.com
- Web
- https://www.bbcstudioslearning.com/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- +44 (0) 20 8433 1009
- Address
- BBC Studios Limited
Television Centre
101 Wood Lane
London
W12 7FA
UK - Notes
- The BBC Active company has now been absorbed within BBC Learning, a division of BBC Studios. It was originally a joint venture between BBC Worldwide and Pearson Education. Formerly known as ‘BBC Worldwide Learning Studies’ and before that as ‘Videos for Education & Training’
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