Documentary News Letter (1940)

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8. THE LI OH HAS 17I?ia3 Production: London Filr.i Productions, Producer: A. Korda, Directors: Adrian Brunei, Ivlichael Pov/ell, Brian Desirond Hurst. Associate Producer and Scenario: Ian Dalryinple. CoFirientary: E.y.H. EmiTj.ett. Distribution: United Artists. THIS FIIM WIS :.IADE TO HLASSlJEE U3 ^T HOME AIj^D TO INSTRUCT neutral countries in the ^justice of our cause and our abiliHy to vjin tiie v;ar. Ncwsreel clips, doc^ientary cuts, material shot, scenes from FISB OVEn LK 'iL-'-ivD , fictitious scenes, and reconstrvictions of events, are linked oy Emiuett. Effective are the impressionistic "Lilliput'' sequences on Britain and ITazi (Germany, the ICiel Raid reconstruction and the repulse of an air attack on Britain. But the fevv shots of the actual Kiel raiders getting out of their machines without a v/ord or a e^esture, either from them or from Emiaett, make it unnecessary to say that the previous scenes v^ere faked. Puerile it is that all the successes should be on our side, that the Nazi pilots are cov^ardly morons (rememlcr, "Kaiser, The Beast of Berlin"?), that the Nazi air coinzmand is ignorant of the balloon barrage. Finally, Merle Oberon svjns up for the vjomen of England, Sne starts talking to Ralph Richardson beneath a Denham tree. The camera moves up until, as she gulps "and kindliness", she is in full-close-up. Sadly she turns from the audience to Richardson her audience: he is asleep, a smile of forbearence lingering on his face. This may be "realism" but it is poor understanding of the psyciiology of film propaganda. 1/Ye avvait \vith interest reports of audience reaction from overseas, THE OBEDIENT FLM:E Production: Science Fxlms. Director: Norman McLaren. Camera: Frank Goodliffe. Distribution: British Commericai Gas Association. (;55 "mm, and 16 m_m, ) TIIE OBEDIENT FLAIvIE IS DIVIDED INTO TFIEORY .^ND PKAGTICE. It sho\vs Y^hj for economy and usefulness, the housewife needs instant, flexible heat. Clear diagrams show how this is achieved and explains the advantages of automatic regulations of oven-heat. Some of the horrors of bad cooking are driven home by speeded-up action, which gives an ordinary cake a new and refreshing aspect. The pictorial treatment, however, dem.ands a more natural manner than the coimmentator , a woman, adopts. An ordinary gas burner has been m^ade into a surprisingly beautiful thing.