It covers the period from 1941-1945 and shows how newsreels were used to mobilize public opinion and interpret wartime themes in line with government policies. This production, a joint project of Moscow and Nottingham Universities is based upon previously unseen Soviet film footage from the 1930s. It graphically portrays the impact of Stalin's collectivisation policy upon agriculture and upon the life and culture of the peasant class, demonstrating the terrible human cost which the policy entailed. These present images and interpretations which were viewed by cinema audiences of 20 million people a week in the 1930s and 1940s. Date of each item identified on screen.
Accompanying booklet gives context and source of each item.
Average duration of each film 30-45 minutes. Each production is available on VHS videocassette at 60 or 120 for three if ordered simultaneously. Compiled by Philip Bell and Ralph White Shows the various forms of the newsreels' presentations of the image of France at the height of the pre-war crisis, emphasizing its strength and ties with Britain, following through to the reaction to the defeat of France in 1940. Compiled by John Bourne and Scott Lucas Using British newsreel coverage, the film explores the political complexity of the Korean War. For audiences in Britain the events of this war were remote, both physically and psychologically.