The British Co-Operative Movement Film Catalogue Contributor(s): Burton, Alan (Editor) |
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ISBN: 031330565X ISBN-13: 9780313305658 Publisher: Greenwood OUR PRICE: $69.30 Product Type: Hardcover Published: August 1997 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Film - History & Criticism - Reference | Bibliographies & Indexes - History | Europe - General |
Dewey: 016.334 |
LCCN: 97017120 |
Series: Bibliographies and Indexes in World History |
Physical Information: 0.63" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.23 lbs) 256 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The British consumer Co-operative movement pioneered the use of film for industrial and propaganda purposes. A powerful association of working-class consumers, the movement embraced the potential of cinema and used it to help articulate an ideology expounding the ideals of mutuality, equality, and democracy, and seeking to transform a capitalist society founded on individualism and selfish-help into the Co-operative Commonwealth. This book provides an extensive, detailed catalogue of more than 300 films relating to the movement. Technical details, credits, a synopsis, and historical and critical evaluations are given for each title. Numerous films, previously unknown or believed to be lost, have been traced. The catalogue is prefaced by a substantial introductory essay which provides a contextual framework for a consideration of the movement and its use of film. The book is supplemented by a selection of articles, publications, and reports which appeared in the movement's contemporary press, and which reveal the genuine concern to use cinema to assist in the task of making Co-operators. This catalogue will be invaluable to students of social, labor, and business history and to film and media historians who wish to broaden their knowledge of non-commercial film. It also serves as a guide for contemporary filmmakers and television researchers to this extensive collection of archive film. |