The British - Are They Artistic?
Series
- Series Name
- This Modern Age
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 The Non-Fiction Film in Britain, 1945-1951 unpublished PhD thesis p255.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:
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- Producer
- James Lansdale Hodson
- Producer
- Sergei Nolbandov
- Production Co.
- This Modern Age, Ltd.
This series is held by:
Film Archive
- Name
- British Film Institute (BFI)
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- 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)