First Casualty, The
- Synopsis
- 'The first casualty when war comes is truth ...', and this film shows how British people at home were reluctant to believe the stories of Nazi atrocities, having been fooled once before when World War 1 propaganda turned out to be mostly lies. Illustrated with interviews, contemporary cartoons and rare archive material.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Film; Video; Film. 16mm. sd. b&w/col. 50 min. Videocassette. VHS. b&w/col. 50 min.
- Technical information
- Black-and-white / Sound
- Year of production
- 1972
- Availability
- Hire (film or video)
Sale (video only) - Subjects
- History
- Keywords
- Nazi Germany; propaganda; World War II
Credits
- Director
- Peter Mosley
- Producer
- Peter Mosley
- Writer
- John Terraine
- Contributor
- Mike Taylor
- Cast
Alex Mango Allen Hargreaves
Distribution Formats
- Type
- Film
- Format
- 16mm
Production Company
Distributor
- Name
Concord Media
- sales@concordmedia.org.uk
- Web
- http://www.concordmedia.org.uk/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 01473 726 012
- Address
- Rosehill Centre
22 Hines Road
Ipswich
IP3 9BG - Notes
- A long-established, not-for-profit organisation with a large collection DVDs, specialising in the sectors of general and mental health, child care, race relations, war and peace, addictions, the third world, ecology, civil rights, personal relationships, educational issues, and social work training. Concord also handles titles made for the Graves Medical Audio-visual Library. Sale on DVD. Formerly known as Concord Video and Film Council. In 2014 Concord began to offer selected films as Video on Demand, via Vimeo.
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