Showing papers in "Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television in 2019"
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TL;DR: The Act of Documenting skillfully and critically interrogates the genre of documentary, including the impact of digitisation as well as the role of agency of the film subjects, the filmmakers and t...
Abstract: The Act of Documenting skillfully and critically interrogates the genre of documentary, including the impact of digitisation as well as the role of agency of the film subjects, the filmmakers and t...
9 citations
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TL;DR: When the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) announced the 2017 schedule for the Radio National (RN) network, all but one music programme had been dropped as discussed by the authors, in a time of...
Abstract: When the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) announced the 2017 schedule for the Radio National (RN) network, all but one music programme had been dropped. Removing music from RN in a time of...
8 citations
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TL;DR: The enemy radio broadcasting took a great part in the propaganda war between France and Germany during the Phoney War as mentioned in this paper, and its roots can be found in the Interwar Period when radio became a central medi...
Abstract: The enemy radio broadcasting took a great part in the propaganda war between France and Germany during the Phoney War. Its roots can be found in the Interwar Period when radio became a central medi...
7 citations
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TL;DR: A growing scholarship in the field of transnational radio history that attends to radio as a border-crossing medium is described in this paper, where the authors contribute to a growing scholarship.
Abstract: This article contributes to a growing scholarship in the field of transnational radio history that attend to radio as a border-crossing medium. Within this burgeoning field, however, there is a per...
6 citations
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TL;DR: The transatlantic work of Beryl Vertue (b. 1931) is explored in this article, whose distinguished career includes selling the format for Till Death Us Do Part and Steptoe and Son (BBC1, 1965-1975) to American television, as well as producing the Upstairs, Downstairs format adaptation Beacon Hill (CBS, 1975) in the USA.
Abstract: This article explores the transatlantic work of Beryl Vertue (b. 1931), whose distinguished career includes selling the format for Till Death Us Do Part (BBC1, 1965-1975) and Steptoe and Son (BBC1, 1962-1974) to American television, as well as producing the Upstairs, Downstairs format adaptation Beacon Hill (CBS, 1975) in the USA. I map how her crucial involvement in the genesis of All in the Family (CBS, 1971-1979) and Sanford and Son (NBC, 1972-1977) has been neglected in existing accounts, which have tended to focus on Norman Lear. I contrast these with Vertue’s own recollection, drawing out her role in the creation of these two seminal programmes. I then locate Vertue within a broader transatlantic movement of British television production personnel during the 1970s. I explore Vertue’s decision-making process for Beacon Hill, a programme that deserves a more prominent place in accounts of US television history, not least because of its connections to discourses on quality. I uncover how her creative agency was informed by her difference and productive Otherness whilst also subject to tensions and limitations present within complex industrial structures. Informed by an original in-depth interview with Vertue, the article considers her an unwitting pioneer of transatlantic format adaptation.
6 citations
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine radio during the period when Newfoundland was governed by a British-appointed Commission of Government (1934-1949), devoting particular attention to the political...
Abstract: This article examines Newfoundland radio during the period when Newfoundland was governed by a British-appointed Commission of Government (1934–1949), devoting particular attention to the political...
6 citations
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TL;DR: Promotional materials such as posters, trailers, press/campaign books, lobby cards have been part of the commercial film industry for almost as long as there have been films to advertise.
Abstract: Promotional materials – such as posters, trailers, press/campaign books, lobby cards – have been part of the commercial film industry for almost as long as there have been films to advertise. The h...
6 citations
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TL;DR: In this article, an illegal civil rights march in Londonderry in Northern Ireland was broken up by the local police force, the Royal Ulster Constabulary, although a cons...
Abstract: In October 1968, an illegal civil rights march in Londonderry in Northern Ireland was broken up by the local police force, the Royal Ulster Constabulary. Hitherto, Northern Ireland, although a cons...
5 citations
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TL;DR: The Desert Fox (Henry Hathaway, Twentieth Century-Fox; US, 1951) was one of the first war films to be produced by Hollywood after the Second World War.
Abstract: The Desert Fox (Henry Hathaway, Twentieth Century-Fox; US, 1951) was one of the first war films to be produced by Hollywood after the Second World War. The article traces the screenwriting process ...
5 citations
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TL;DR: In this article, the relationship between television and Donald Duck comic book is discussed, and three essential imaginary perspectives on the uses of media technology: interactivity, publicity seeking and tinkering with a television are analyzed.
Abstract: This article deals with the relationship between television – a new form of media technology in 1950s Finland – and the introduction of the Donald Duck comic book. The article analyses the three most essential imaginary perspectives on the uses of media technology: interactivity, publicity seeking and tinkering with a television. On one hand, the article introduces the various ways in which the comic book represented and introduced the media format to the Finnish public, and on the other hand, how it actively participated in the contemporary public debate on the meanings of television and its use that took place at that time.
5 citations
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TL;DR: This paper examined the history of television in Australia prior to the 1956 inauguration of Australia's first prime minister, John Howard, and examined its pre-history in Britain and the United States.
Abstract: Whilst many media historians have examined television’s prehistory in Britain and the United States. Literature examining the history of television in Australia, prior to the 1956 inauguration, is ...
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TL;DR: Television Drama in Israel: Identities in Post-TV Culture by Itay Harlap activates a national lens on the study of television drama, shedding light on a non-Anglophone media culture which, however,...
Abstract: Television Drama in Israel: Identities in Post-TV Culture by Itay Harlap activates a national lens on the study of television drama, shedding light on a non-Anglophone media culture which, however,...
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TL;DR: For US policymakers, the ideological war for "hearts and minds" after World War II transcended the scope of traditional diplomacy, and the American strategy sought to exert as much control as possible as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: For US policymakers, the ideological war for ‘hearts and minds’ after World War II transcended the scope of traditional diplomacy. The American strategy sought to exert as much control as possible ...
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TL;DR: The OWI was the key agency for the distribution and dissemination of US film and propaganda during World War II as mentioned in this paper. But it was the Overseas Branch of the OWI that dominated activity and the Motion Picture Association of America
Abstract: The OWI was the key agency for the distribution and dissemination of US film and propaganda during World War II. But it was the Overseas Branch of the OWI that dominated activity and the Motion Pic...
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TL;DR: Finnish commercial television company Mainos-TV co-produced a string of documentary and entertainment programmes with television broadcasters in the USSR, Czechoslovakia, the GDR, Hungary and Polan...
Abstract: Finnish commercial television company Mainos-TV co-produced a string of documentary and entertainment programmes with television broadcasters in the USSR, Czechoslovakia, the GDR, Hungary and Polan...
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TL;DR: However, it has been suggested that the BBFC were not entirely against this process, and that using black-and-white stock during post-production had more to do with cost-cutting than an attempt to out-do the censor.
Abstract: Hammer Film Productions’ move to colour in the 1950s has often been discussed in terms of their application of blood and gore becoming the primary concern for the British Board of Film Censors who sought to remove a number of shots deemed to be more objectionable when seen in colour rather than black-and-white. In order to circumvent these restrictions, it has been suggested that Hammer went against the BBFC’s wishes by submitting work prints of their colour films in black-and-white in the hope that the examiner would be unable to detect the objectionable material. However, records from the period suggest that the BBFC were not entirely against this process, and that using black-and-white stock during post-production had more to do with cost-cutting than an attempt to out-do the censor. Primarily through an analysis of BBFC reports from this period, this article will therefore address the complexities surrounding the censorship of Hammer’s early colour films, paying specific attention to what this practice of submitting black-and-white prints reveals about the decisions taken by the Board when viewing horror in both monochrome and colour.
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TL;DR: This paper investigated the reception of the BBC in the Middle East by unpacking a genealogy of writers who heard one another's talks, beginning with Edward Said's memorization of the First World War.
Abstract: This article aims to supplement existing studies of the reception of the BBC in the Middle East by unpacking a genealogy of writers who heard one another’s talks. Beginning with Edward Said’s memor...
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine the BBC's experimentation with animation and radio during the 1930s and early 1940s, and explore how the BBC adapted animation into the sound medium of radio, through an empha...
Abstract: This article examines the BBC’s experimentation with animation and radio during the 1930s and early 1940s. It explores how the BBC adapted animation into the sound medium of radio, through an empha...
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TL;DR: In this article, Kerim Yasar provides a brilliant and stimulating analysis of the role of sound media (telephone, phonograph, radio, and early sound films) in the transition of Japan to mod...
Abstract: With Electrified Voices, Kerim Yasar provides a brilliant and stimulating analysis of the role of sound media (telephone, phonograph, radio, and early sound films) in the transition of Japan to mod...
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TL;DR: The BBC broadcast one hundred and ten programmes covering the full gamut of James Joyce's work between 1931 and 1956, including repeats, and the Joyce-related broadcasts (including repeats) subdivide into four quartets.
Abstract: Between 1931 and 1956, the BBC broadcast one hundred and ten programmes covering the full gamut of James Joyce’s work. The Joyce-related broadcasts (including repeats) subdivide into four quartets,...
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TL;DR: The late 1990s were a key turning point in the history of anime and its global reach was fully achieved in North America with the Pokemon television series, card game, and video games as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: The late 1990s were a key turning point in the history of anime. Its global reach was fully achieved in North America with the Pokemon television series, card game, and video games. Hayao Miyazaki’...
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TL;DR: A new wave of silent cinema music research emerged in the last years, mostly inspired and motivated by Altman's seminal study Silent Film Sound (2004): Julie Brown and Annette Davison: The Sou...
Abstract: A new wave of silent cinema music research emerged in the last years, mostly inspired and motivated by Rick Altman's seminal study Silent Film Sound (2004): Julie Brown and Annette Davison: The Sou...
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TL;DR: In this paper, the crucial relationship between truth, trust and information in the context of the Cold War is examined, in particular the work of Radio Free Europe (RFE) and its various radio stations.
Abstract: This article examines the crucial relationship between truth, trust and information in the context of the Cold War. In particular, it analyses the work of Radio Free Europe (RFE) and its various ne...
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TL;DR: Besides other public intellectuals, no less a person than Bertolt Brecht was very enthusiastic about wireless broadcasting as mentioned in this paper, and in his 1932 speech "Radio as an Apparatus of Communication" he considere...
Abstract: Besides other public intellectuals, no less a person than Bertolt Brecht was very enthusiastic about wireless broadcasting. In his 1932 speech ‘Radio as an Apparatus of Communication’, he considere...
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TL;DR: The radio has become an indispensable tool for the Swiss government to respond to criticisms made by the Allies about the country's ambiguous broadcasting policy as discussed by the authors, especially with the development of shortwave programs.
Abstract: Radio, especially with the development of shortwave programmes, has become an indispensable tool for the Swiss government to respond to criticisms made by the Allies about the country’s ambiguous a...
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TL;DR: In this article, the use of film as a means of communication by Mustafa Kemal Ataturk and his followers in building the Turkish National Museum of Cinema and Television is discussed.
Abstract: Although there are several general accounts of the history of cinema in Turkey, little is known on the use of film as a means of communication by Mustafa Kemal Ataturk and his followers in building...
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors consider the corpus of Dionne films as a significant site of intermedial and transnational socio-cultural exchange rooted in asymmetrical power dynamics and exploitation.
Abstract: On 28 May 1934, Annette, Emilie, Yvonne, Cecile and Marie Dionne were born to a francophone family living in a farmhouse near North Bay. The Ontario Government would declare the first-ever surviving quintuplets wards of the Crown and relocated them to a specially built nursery under the care of Dr. Allan R. Dafoe. Dubbed Quintupletland, the compound became the province’s most popular tourist attraction during the second half of the decade while the Quintuplets became Hollywood film stars. While other scholars and popular writers have examined the Dionne Quintuplets through various theoretical and emotional lenses, the interconnections between film culture, gender and tourism have not been considered. Drawing from archival and textual evidence, this essay considers the corpus of Dionne films as a significant site of intermedial and transnational socio-cultural exchange rooted in asymmetrical power dynamics and exploitation. It argues that Dionne filmography demonstrates the possibilities of film culture in...
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TL;DR: The genesis and development of the UK's Watershed Cinema and Digital Creativity Centre as mentioned in this paper is described in detail in the article "Watershed: A History of a Multi-Screen Independent Media Centre".
Abstract: This article examines the genesis and development of the UK’s Watershed Cinema and Digital Creativity Centre. Established in 1982, Watershed was both the first full-time multi-screen independent ci...
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TL;DR: The Privileged, a documentary series filmed by Westward Television in 1967 and broadcast in 1968 and 1969 as discussed by the authors, offers the series as a case study of regional documentarization and is a classic example of such a series.
Abstract: This article is about The Privileged, a documentary series filmed by Westward Television in 1967 and broadcast in 1968 and 1969. The article offers the series as a case study of regional documentar...
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explain comprehensively how traditional ways of exchanging information through the media have changed in the curre... and explain how mass communication has changed over the last century.
Abstract: What is mass communication? This book has most of the answers to this question, explaining comprehensively how traditional ways of exchanging information through the media have changed in the curre...