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DOCUMENTARY — THE CREATIVE INTERPRETATION OF REALITY
VOL 1 No 11 PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY FILM CENTRE 34 SOHO SQUARE LONDON W1 FOURPENCE
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NOTES OF THE MONTH
6 FILM OF THE MONTH
Foreign Correspondent
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SOCIAL RESEARCH AND THE FILM
By Tom Harrisson
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FILMS AND A PEOPLE'S WAR
6 FILM COMMENTARY
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OVERSEAS NOTES
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BROADCAST
London Can Take It
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NEW DOCUMENTARY FILMS
By Sir Kenneth Clark
7 DOCUMENTARY BOOKINGS FOR NOVEMBER
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FILM STRIP IN EDUCATION
By W. E. Tate
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M.O.I. FIVE MINUTE FILMS
List for September and October
9 FILM SOCIETY NEWS
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FILM LIBRARIES
Speed
THE FILMS DIVISION of the Ministry of Information has shown commendable hustle in commissioning a quick-fire film called London Can Take It, and whisking it oflF to New York by clipper as soon as the first print was available. Made by the G.P.O. Film Unit in under two weeks, it presents London's citizenry and architecture under the blitzkrieg. It is good to see a first-class propaganda move of this type made by a body which has not yet completely redeemed its reputation for ineffectiveness.
Mass Observation
WE HAVE DEVOTED a number of pages in this issue to an investigation by Mass Observation of the effect of propaganda films on cinema audiences. The conclusions reached are, of
course, entirely those of Mass Observation but, whether they are correct or incorrect, we believe that they raise issues of the greatest importance to everyone interested in public persuasion. The M.O. conclusions are based on films issued some weeks ago, and to put the investigations into proper perspective, we have received the following memorandum from the chief investigator: —
'Tt should be pointed out that the M.O.I, has just started the second series of Five-Minute shorts and these are very definite successes. The first of these was Front Line. The second, Ashley Green Goes to School, dealt again with evacuation and was equally successful, while the third release, Britain Can Take It (5-minute version of London Can Take It) has had the most extraordinary blurbs from the Press. The response from the public has been excellent, at least as good as the response to Britain at Bay.''