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The British Co-operative Movement Film Catalogue
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Alan Burton
Book Code: GR0565
ISBN: 0-313-30565-X
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-30565-8
256 pages
Greenwood Press
Publication: 8/30/1997
List Price: $112.95
Availability: Out of stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 X 9 1/4
Subjects:
Series Title: Bibliographies and Indexes in World History
Series Number: 47
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.
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Explanatory Notes
  • Foreword
  • Introduction
  • The British Co-operative Movement Film Catalogue
  • Unlocated Films
  • Reference Prints
  • Appendices
  • Indexes
  • Selected Bibliography
LC Card Number: 97-17120
LCC Class: HD3325
Dewey Class: 016
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