News on Screen

Series

Series Name

This Modern Age

Issue

Issue No.

6

Date Released

Mar 1947

Trade show

26 Feb 1947

Length of issue (in feet)

1941

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Palestine

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 1

Summary

NoS synopsis: The political problems of modern Palestine illustrated. Focuses on the conflict of Jews and Arabs which the British encounter in the administration of the territory under League of Nations mandate. Attempts to provide a balanced view by taking each group in turn.

Researcher Comments

Trade shown on 26 February 1947.

Keywords

Politics and government; Religion and belief; Race relations

Written sources

British Film Institute Databases
Monthly Film Bulletin   Vol.14 No.158 February 1947, p28.
Documentary News Letter   Vol.6 No.56 April-May 1947, p89.
Enticknap, Leo. The Non-Fiction Film in Britain, 1945-1951 unpublished PhD thesis   p253.

Credits:

Director

Robin Carruthers

Production Co.

This Modern Age, Ltd.

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Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

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Notes

The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).

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