Men, war and film : the Calling Blighty films of World War II /

The story and analysis of the Calling Blighty series of films made by the Combined Kinematograph Service in Burma and India between 1943 and 1946. These are remarkable and moving documents, a one-way Skype of their day, where men - and a very few women - sent spoken messages home to be shown to fami...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hawley, Steve (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol : Intellect Books, 2022.
Edición:1st.
Temas:
Great Britain. > Army > In motion pictures.
Great Britain. > Army.
Calling Blighty (Motion picture)
1939-1945
Documentary films > History and criticism.
World War, 1939-1945 > Motion pictures and the war.
Armed Forces in motion pictures.
Documentary films.
War and motion pictures.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Men, War and Film: The Calling Blighty Films of World War II
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • List of Figures
  • Introduction: Talking with the Dead
  • 1. Death and Disease in the Jungle: The War in Burma
  • 2. The Ecology of Wartime Film
  • 3. Living Letters: How the Films Came About
  • 4. I'm in the Pink: An Overview of the Messages
  • 5. Masculinity and the Soldier's Tale
  • 6. The Invisible Men: Empire Soldiers and Calling Blighty
  • 7. 'Dimmed by Happy Tears': Remembrance, Ritual and Forgetting
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Back Cover

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