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  1. Land of Promise: The British Documentary Movement 1930 - 1950 (2008)

    Director
    Paul Rotha; Arthur Elton; Basil Wright; Humphrey Jennings
    Subject
    Film studies; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 720 minutes), £34.99

    A collection of 40 films from the British documentary movement during its period of greatest influence. These films capture the spirit and strength, concerns and resolve of Britain and its people before,...

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  2. Cradle of Genius (1959 Film)

    Director
    Paul Rotha
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    The history of the Abbey Theatre, Dublin. Shows the interior of the badly damaged building, empty since the fire of 1951, and recalls many celebrities who appeared there. Sean O’Casey talks about his life...

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  3. West Indies Calling (1943 Film)

    Director
    John Page
    Producer
    Paul Rotha
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    A group of West Indians, led by writer Una Marson and the test cricketer Learie Constantine, assemble at Broadcasting House to describe the contribution made by them to the war effort. West Indians, of all...

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  4. Life Begins Again (1942 Video)

    Director
    Donald Alexander
    Producer
    Paul Rotha
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. b&w. 19 min.

    A threshing machine at work on a farm - Joe Green, one of the workers falls and breaks his arm. On a London street a man is knocked down by a car and taken to hospital with a broken leg. These are the kinds...

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  5. Night Shift (1942 Film)

    Director
    Jack Chambers
    Producer
    Paul Rotha
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    An account of one night’s work in an armament factory. Without commentary and with a minimum of dramatised conversation it presents a clear impression of factory life and the atmosphere of the time.

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  6. Worker and Warfront. No 3 (1942 Film)

    Director
    Duncan Ross
    Producer
    Paul Rotha
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    An example of the newsreels produced by Rotha’s company for the Ministry of Information. Shows dockers contributing to the battle of the Atlantic; the effects of losing park railings for scrap metal; the...

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