British Cinema and Society 1930-1970

Arguing that feature films represent an important and largely untapped source of evidence for understanding the history of the present century, the authors of this book examine ten key British films from the period 1930 to 1970 in an effort to discover how they illuminate the interests, attitudes and preoccupations of the age. The ten films selectedóSanders of the River (1935) , South Riding (1938) , A Canterbury Tale (1944) , The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943) , Fame is the Spur (1947) , The Guinea Pig (1948) , ] (1955) , I'm All Right, Jack (1959) , Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960) , and If...(1969) óreflect the introduction of sound films in Britain to the time when the British film industry virtually collapsed.