The British Co-operative Movement Film Catalogue by Alan Burton

The British Co-operative Movement Film Catalogue by Alan Burton

The British consumer Co-operative movement pioneered the use of film for industrial and propaganda purposes. A powerful association of working-class consumers, the movement embraced the potential of cinema and used it to help articulate an ideology expounding the ideals of mutuality, equality, and democracy, and seeking to transform a capitalist society founded on individualism and selfish-help into the Co-operative Commonwealth. This book provides an extensive, detailed catalogue of more than 300 films relating to the movement. Technical details, credits, a synopsis, and historical and critical evaluations are given for each title. Numerous films, previously unknown or believed to be lost, have been traced. The catalogue is prefaced by a substantial introductory essay which provides a contextual framework for a consideration of the movement and its use of film. The book is supplemented by a selection of articles, publications, and reports which appeared in the movement's contemporary press, and which reveal the genuine concern to use cinema to assist in the task of making Co-operators. This catalogue will be invaluable to students of social, labor, and business history and to film and media historians who wish to broaden their knowledge of non-commercial film. It also serves as a guide for contemporary filmmakers and television researchers to this extensive collection of archive film.

ALAN BURTON is a lecturer in media studies at De Montfort University, Leicester, UK. He acts as a consultant to the Co-operative Film Preservation Project and is the author of The People's Cinema: Film and the Co-operative Movement.

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ISBN 13	9780313305658
ISBN 10	031330565X
Title	The British Co-operative Movement Film Catalogue
Author	Alan Burton
Series	Bibliographies And Indexes In World History
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Year published	1997-08-07
Number of pages	256
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