What is Federation?

Series

Series Name

Point of View

Issue

Issue No.

8

Date Released

Aug 1940

Length of issue (in feet)

1700

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1What is Federation?

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 1

Summary

NoS synopsis: Ivan Scott chairs a discussion between Mr Pro and Mr Con about Federation. Federation is presented as not new, since it consists largely of the simple plea that a world knit together by trade, commerce and communication cannot live unless it finds some means to political unity. An opponent of Federation interposes some objections, largely of the kind that have been put up against any kind of world unity since the Tower of Babel. Ivan Scott, at the end, calls upon J. B. Priestley to add his view.

Keywords

Politics and government; Foreign relations

Written sources

Documentary News Letter   Vol.1 No.8 August 1940, p13.
Today’s Cinema   3 January 1940, p148.

Credits:

Commentator

Ivan Scott

Production Co.

Spectator Short Films

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Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

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