What is it about?
The paper puts into historical context the production of film that recorded and publicized Britain's early achievements in the air, and dissects the languages and techniques used to convey only positive messages about both flight (people and machines) and Empire.
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Why is it important?
This is a rare study of aviation film. Using a variety of film types, it gives a broad overview of several aviation subjects and personalities.
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The paper was resourced from giant reel-films in a central film library in London before the advent of social media. Many of the films can now be watched on Youtube. The newsreels are also available on the British Pathe and British Movietone websites.
Professor Gordon H Pirie
University of Cape Town
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This page is a summary of: Cinema and British Imperial Civil Aviation, 1919-1939, Historical Journal Of Film Radio and Television, June 2003, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/0143968032000091068.
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