GPO 30s Britain (Vol 1) DVD
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Film Details
Directed by G P O Film Unit
Produced in 1930s
Main Language - English
Countries & Regions - British Film
Genres
Classic Movies • Political Documentaries • Transport & Travel Documentaries • Classic British Film
Film Description
Features Granton Trawler (John Grierson, 1934) about a trawler out fishing on Viking bank. "The one credit I was absolutely insistent on was putting my name on as cameraman...It was a solo effort"; Coal Face (Cavalcanti, 1935), a prestigious experiment in sound using coal-mining shots; A Job In A Million (Evelyn Spice, 1937), a documentary about a Cockney lad training to be a messenger boy and a perfect example of the breakthrough effected by the GPO Film Unit at a time when working-class people were usually presented as merely comic characters; Spare Time, (Jennings, 1939), showing how workers in the steel, cotton and coal industries spend their spare time. Jennings differed from earlier British documentarists in stressing worker's individuality instead of presenting them as symbols of the dignity of labour. Also includes The City, (Ralph Elton, 1939), an analysis of the growth and development of London.
DVD Details
Certificate: E
Publisher: Panamint Cinema
Length: 75 mins
Aspect ratio: 4:3
Region: 0
Cat No: RMA1003
Format: DVD B&W
Community Reviews
by Anon on 15th March 2004
Granton Trawler - 11 min, John Grierson (1934) - A trawler out fishing on Viking bank. "The one credit I was absolutely insistent on was putting my name on as cameram... Read on
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