Back Row: D-Day Special
4 Extra Debut. Jim White probes the boom in cinema-going between 1939-45 sparking a major social phenomenon and force for change. From June 2004.
4 Extra Debut. Between 1939 and 1945, cinema box office receipts in Britain tripled. As war dragged on, audiences who had once queued up for patriotic, morale-boosting classics like In Which We Serve were now spending their precious money on escapism and entertainment. And Hollywood knew how to provide it. By 1944, cinema had become a major social phenomenon. But as Jim White discovers, cinema was not simply reflecting the great changes taking place in British society - it had itself become a major force for change.
Producer Jerome Weatherald.
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A selection of programmes for the 70th anniversary of D-Day.
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- Sat 5 Jun 2004 17:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 FM
- Thu 5 Jun 2014 17:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra
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