The British - Are They Artistic?

Series

Series Name
This Modern Age

Issue

Issue No.
16
Date Released
Feb 1948
Length of issue (in feet)
1885
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 1
Summary
NoS synopsis: A discussion of the cultural life of Britain and the people’s reaction to drama and the arts. Features George Bernard Shaw, Myra Hess, Norman Collins, Charles B. Cochran, and Robert Donat.
Researcher Comments
Part of the 2nd Year. Produced in association with the editors of Illustrated. Trade shown on 17 February 1948. Premiered at Odeon Leicester Square, London on 19 February 1948.
Keywords
Music and dance; Arts and crafts; Performing arts
Written sources
British Film Institute Databases
Monthly Film Bulletin   Vol.15 No.170 February 1948, p20.
Enticknap, Leo. The Non-Fiction Film in Britain, 1945-1951 unpublished PhD thesis   p255.
Documentary Film News   Vol.7 No.64, April 1948, p43.
Credits:
Producer
James Lansdale Hodson
Producer
Sergei Nolbandov
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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How to cite this record

'The British - Are They Artistic?', This Modern Age Issue No. 16, Feb 1948. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/347021 (Accessed 08 Feb 2025)