
This book charts a momentous period through the eyes of thirteen key films. Examining scripts, reviews and box-office returns, not to mention a mass of official documentation from the Home Office and censorship archives, it places each film in its social and political context...

At the outbreak of the Second World War, all cinemas in Britain were closed. Ten days later, they were opened again as a valuable way of boosting morale and a principal source of recreation for the nation at war. Feature films were not just escapist entertainment; they provided...
