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Film Propaganda in Britain and Nazi Germany: World War Ii Cinema

Book information

Publisher
Berg Publishers
Year
2006
ISBN
1859738966, 9781859738962
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
19 MB (19606502 bytes)
Edition
English Ed
Pages
368\371
Time added
2020-11-15 11:22:00

Description

Propaganda - so crucial to winning the battle of hearts and minds in warfare - witnessed a transformation during World War Ii, when film was fast becoming the most popular form of entertainment. In Film Propaganda in Britain and Nazi Germany, Jo Fox compares how each country exploited their national cinema for political purposes. Through an investigation of shorts and feature films, the author looks at how both political propaganda films and escapist cinema were critical in maintaining the morale of civilians and the military, and how this changed throughout the war. While both countries shared certain similarities in their wartime propaganda films - a harking back to a glorious historic past, for example - the thematic differences reveal important distinctions between cultures. This book offers new insight into the shifting pattern of morale during World War Ii and highlights a key moment in propaganda film history.

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