Talks

Papers

We have promoted our work through several public events. The Powerpoint presentations given have been converted into movies, in Quicktime format, which can be accessed below together with scripts.

Stop Look Listen! The COI and 60 Years of Public Information Film-making in Britain (21st September – 18th October 2006)

Linda Kaye jointly programmed this season at the National Film Theatre with the BFI and Film Images. For each of her four screenings in the series Projecting a Modern Britain she produced the following programme notes.

Dance, Theatre, Art and Film (24/09/06) (388Kb PDF)

White Heat of Technology (29/09/06) (397Kb PDF)

Building a New England (3/10/06) (388Kb PDF)

Music and Fashion (13/10/06) (392Kb PDF)

Media History and History in the Media Conference, Gregynog

From the 31st March to 1st April 2005, Linda Kaye and Emily Fuller attended the Media History and History in the Media conference at Gregynog in mid Wales. They gave a paper entitled ‘The Hidden History of the Cinemagazine, or Our Research Lives Aquatic’ using only animated images and film.

The Hidden History of the Cinemagazine

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Hidden History of the Cinemagazine Script (MS Word 56Kb)

British Silent Cinema Festival Nottingham

On the 10th April 2006, Emily Fuller presented a paper entitled ‘La Belle France Steps In: International Co-operation and European Presence in Pathe Cinemagazines’ at the British Silent Cinema Festival in Nottingham.

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British Silent Cinema Festival Nottingham Script (MS Word 68Kb)

‘Small Nations, Big Neighbours’, BACS/NZSA Annual Conference, University of Kent Canterbury

Linda Kaye gave a paper on the cinemagazine series This Week in Britain, produced by the British Government through the Central Office of Information, entitled This Week in Britain and the Projection of Britain at ‘Small Nations, Big Neighbours’, the joint BACS/NZSA annual conference at the University of Kent Canterbury 11-14th April 2005.

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This Week in Britain Script (MS Word 60Kb)