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We Live in Two Worlds

Item number (ISN):

136716

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Item number (ISN):

136716

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Fonds/collection:

GENERAL POST OFFICE

Accession:

1982-0192

Media:

Film

Part:

1 of 1

Release date:

1937

Production company:

General Post Office

Production credit:

director, Alberto Cavalcanti; producer, John Grierson; photography, John Taylor; narrator, J.B. Priestley; music, Maurice Jaubert

Description:

Documentary about the two worlds of the film, exemplified by Switzerland: the world of separate states and national frontiers on the one hand, and the world of international trade and communications on the other. Cavalcanti's film talk with J.B. Priestley, and its by-product, LINE TO TSCHIERVA HUT, are models of shooting, editing and the imaginative use of sound. <14mn>

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. Description based on information in the film catalogue Films for Television From Britain, Central Office of Information, London, United Kingdom, June 1958, p. 35.

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Vault ISN:

121115

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8209-0848

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

COMP

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER
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