1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910819571403321

Autore

Reeves Nicholas <1946->

Titolo

The power of film propaganda : myth or reality? / / Nicholas Reeves

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Continuum, : Cassell, 2003, 1999

ISBN

1-281-78405-2

9786611784058

0-8264-3245-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (273 p.)

Disciplina

302.2343094

Soggetti

Motion pictures in propaganda - Europe - History

Politics in motion pictures

Motion pictures in propaganda

Motion pictures - Political aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1 Official Film Propaganda in Britain during the First World War; Chapter 2 Film Propaganda in the Soviet Union, 1917-1928; Chapter 3 National Socialist Film Propaganda in Germany, 1933-1945; Chapter 4 Official Film Propaganda in Britain during the Second World War; Chapter 5 Italian Neorealist Films; Conclusion; Further Reading; General Index; Index of Film Titles

Sommario/riassunto

Explores five case studies in Britain, the USSR, Germany and Italy to determine whether or not propaganda films reached the audiences at which they were targeted, and where they did, whether the films made the impact on those audiences that the propagandists had expected.