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British WWII propaganda movies to view and download
By Cory Doctorow at 4:10 am Thursday, May 3 The British Council has posted a fabulous trove of CC-licensed, downloadable "cultural propaganda" videos commissioned during WWII to "refute the idea that ours was a country stuck in the past." During the 1940s, the British Council was an enthusiastic commissioner of documentary films. Over 120 films were produced as 'cultural propaganda' to counteract anything the Nazis might throw out and to refute the idea that ours was a country stuck in the past. These films were designed to showcase Britain to the rest of the world, at a time when Britain itself was under attack.
A few weeks ago we started a website called “ The Cutting Room “, it’s a collection of websites, articles and video clips relevant to documentary film making, newsreels, television and in particular the people behind the camera. It covers current cinematographers, the newsreels, wartime cameramen, websites dedicated to the early years of Australian television, film editing and colleagues – for example: Paul Wyand appears in a Movietone story about the importance of allotments during the Second World War. There’s also British Movietone News’ first sound newsreel from 1929, an article on Stanley Kubrick’s early documentaries and a look at the Rank Organisation ‘s “ Look at life ” series. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
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Watch Documentary is a free website that includes links to documentaries, sorted categorically, and hosted at various places online such as YouTube.
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The World Digital Library will make available on the Internet, free of charge and in multilingual format, significant primary materials from cultures around the world, including manuscripts, maps, rare books, musical scores, recordings, films,... The World Digital Library hosts almost 5,000 primary documents and images from collections around the world. Sponsored by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, the aim of the World Digital Library is to promote the study and understanding of cultures.Qwiki has launched a creation tool that allows users to create their own multimedia Qwikis; short narrated story that includes images, videos, and text. Qwiki Creator is another tool for students to use to create short multimedia stories or short introductory narratives about topics that they're studying in their classes.
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The Office of Naval Research has an interactive site filled with science and technology exploration for learners. Learners can explore oceanography, space, and blow the ballast. Each section having sub categories that let learners narrow down their focus. The majority of the website is information with accompanying images and short quizzes. To be honest, the Science and Technology Office of Naval Research looks old fashioned but, because of the wealth of information that it offers and the student-friendly language and explanations it uses, I feel it is worth a closer look.“Over 120 films were produced as ‘cultural propaganda’ to counteract anything the Nazis might throw out and to refute the idea that ours was a country stuck in the past. The British wartime school of thought was to fight propaganda, with propaganda. This part of the British Council Film Collection contains films that were designed to showcase Britain to the rest of the world, at a time when Britain itself was under attack. This newly opened internet archive, of over 120 such pieces of cultural propaganda, is free for the viewing.