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 | | The British Co-operative Movement Film Catalogue (Bibliographies and Indexes in World History) by Alan Burton (Compiler) ISBN-10: 9780313305658 ISBN-10: 0-313-30565-X ISBN-13: 9780313305658 ISBN-13: 978-0-313-30565-8 Hardcover 1997-08-30 Greenwood Press Find Lowest Price |
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Product 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. | ||