Home Front, The: 1939-1945
- Synopsis
- A selection of cartoonists’ graphic images designed to closely examine the Home Front during World War 2. Cartoons drawn for the major newspapers and opinion-forming journals are compared and contrasted to present a picture of the way Britain changed while her army was away at war. The culmination is the 1945 election.
- Series
- Witness to History, Series
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Multimedia; 30 slides. b&w.
- Year of production
- 1982
- Availability
- Sale
- Documentation
- Lecturer’s notes: 4000-5000 word text identifying the characters, explicating each cartoon and setting out the general historical and political background.
- Uses
- Upper secondary school students and undergraduates.
- Subjects
- History
- Keywords
- elections; political cartoons; social conditions; World War II
Credits
- Writer
- Adrian Smith
Sponsor
- Name
Nuffield Foundation
- Phone
- 020 7631 0566
- Address
- 28 Bedford Square
LONDON
WC1B 3E?
Distributor
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