Fifty Fighting Years

Synopsis

A tribute to ‘Labour Monthly’, the Socialist magazine founded in 1921 by R Palme Dutt and still edited by him today. Includes interviews with R Palme Dutt and his associate editor Robin Page Armot. Using actuality, cartoons, a montage of pages from the magazine and interviews, reiterates the magazine’s uncompromising call for the unity of the working classes to defeat the evils of capitalism, recounting the history of the past fifty years as the magazine saw it.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Film; Film. 35mm, 16mm. sd. b&w. 34 min.

Technical information

Black-and-white / Sound

Year of production

1973

Availability

Hire

Subjects

Media studies; Politics & government

Keywords

magazines; periodicals; socialism

Credits

Director

Roland Bischoff; Stanley Forman

Writer

Ivor Montagu; Roger Woddis; Stanley Forman

Contributor

Alan Bush; John Green; Waltraud Hartmann

Distribution Formats

Type

Film

Format

16mm

Distributor

Name

Educational and Television Films Ltd

Email

bookings.films@bfi.org.uk

Web

http://www.bfi.org.uk/collections/etv/ External site opens in new window

Phone

020 7255 1444

Fax

020 7436 7950

Address

British Film Institute Collections
21 Stephen Street
London
W1P 2LN

Notes

The ETV Collection was given to the BFI in 2002 for preservation and distribution on 16mm and 35mm film