03217nam 2200673Ia 450 991045734450332120200520144314.00-7486-5127-61-280-86644-697866108664410-7486-3024-4(CKB)1000000000351123(EBL)299547(OCoLC)476077840(SSID)ssj0000109219(PQKBManifestationID)11127665(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000109219(PQKBWorkID)10045371(PQKB)10483062(StDuBDS)EDZ0000055498(MiAaPQ)EBC299547(Au-PeEL)EBL299547(CaPaEBR)ebr10435282(CaONFJC)MIL86644(EXLCZ)99100000000035112320070730d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Battle of Britain on screen[electronic resource] 'the few' in British film and television drama /S.P. MacKenzieEdinburgh Edinburgh University Press20071 online resource (193 p.)Societies at warDescription based upon print version of record.0-7486-2389-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction; The Battle Foretold: The Lion Has Wings (1939); Spitfire of Dreams: The First of the Few (1942); One for All: Angels One Five (1952); All for One: Reach for the Sky (1956); The Big Picture: The Battle of Britain (1969); Catalogue of Error: Piece of Cake (1988); The Fighter Boys: A Perfect Hero (1991); Conclusion; Select Filmography; Bibliography; IndexThis book examines in depth for the first time the origins, development, and reception of the major dramatic screen representations of 'The Few' in the Battle of Britain produced over the past seventy years. It explores both continuity and change of presentation in relation to a wartime event that acquired near-mythical dimensions in popular consciousness even before it happened and has been represented multiple times over the course of the past seven decades. Alongside technical developments, considerable social, cultural, and political fluctuation (as well as an expansion of factual knowledgSocieties at war.Britain, Battle of, Great Britain, 1940Motion pictures and the warBritain, Battle of, Great Britain, 1940Television and the warWar filmsGreat BritainHistory and criticismTelevision plays, BritishElectronic books.Britain, Battle of, Great Britain, 1940Motion pictures and the war.Britain, Battle of, Great Britain, 1940Television and the war.War filmsHistory and criticism.Television plays, British.791.43658Mackenzie S. P516033MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910457344503321The Battle of Britain on screen2033675UNINA