A Call To Arms - Propaganda and Rearmament in the 1930s (1985)

British Universities Historical Studies in Film No. 7

Examines the role of newsreels in the selling of rearmament in Britain prior to the advent of World War 2, shedding new light on the methods by which the Government used newsreels to promote popular support for its policy.

Run time:

52 mins

Director:

Philip M. Taylor

Producer:

The Film Unit of the Audio Visual Service at the University of Leeds

Writer/Researcher:

Philip M. Taylor

Production Company:

Inter University History Film Consortium of the Universities of Leeds, Birmingham, Nottingham, Wales, The London School of Economics, Queen Mary College London, Westminster College Oxford, and the College of St. Mark and St. John Plymouth, in co-operation with Visnews Ltd.