John Grierson and the National Film Board: The politics of wartime propaganda Unknown - 1984

University of Toronto Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. 0802025196 . Slightly bumped spine ends. Unclipped jacket in archival plastic protector has slight edgewear. Solid binding and clean text. No ownership marks, stickers or stamps. Not ex-library. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 329 pages .

Toronto, Buffalo, London: University of Toronto Press [0-8020-2519-6] 1984. (hardcover) xii, [6], 329pp. Very good in very good dust jacket. 8vo. The story of John Grierson, founder of the National Film Board of Canada and documentary film maker, and his contributions as the director of "Canada's propaganda machine' in WWII. Dark green cloth, silver title stamped to spine. Jacket, green, lightly sunned. Clean, tight, bright, solid..

Toronto / Buffalo / London: University of Toronto Press, 1984. Scholarly study of director Grierson, founder of the National Film Board, who offered his services to the Canadian government during World War Two; a self-proclaimed propagandist, he aimed to educate rather than indoctrinate, promoting inspiration and internationalism rather than nationalism. After the war, his objectives worked against the pragmatism of the King government, and after becoming tainted by an unproven connection to a spy scandal, his career ended. Hardcover in jacket, as pictured. Light wear to book, hint of bumping to corners. Text clean; [xiii], [4 b/w plates], 329 pages; index, notes, appendix, b/w plates. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Large Octavo.

Toronto & Buffalo: University of Toronto Press, 1984. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. The interior of the book is crisp and clean. There is a gift inscription to a former owner on the half title page, but no other marks or signs of use. The green cloth covers are bright, with just a hint of wear at edges and corners. The silver gilt spine lettering is still shiny. The dust jacket is not price-clipped, and is in excellent condition, with minimal wear. The jacket is now in a protective mylar cover. Contents: - 1. Early film propaganda: a Canadian flair and a British movement. -- 2. Political cockfights and the wartime National Film Board. -- 3. Image of wartime Canada: publicity, information or propaganda? -- 4. Grierson and Legg: an ideological approach to film propaganda and a carte blanche. -- 5. Non-theatrical film propaganda and rural circuits. -- 6. Focusing on world events and the destiny of nations: The World in Action. -- 7. Down the greased pole: practical politics… Leer más

Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1984. 329 pages in very good, clean condition. Many illustrations. Green hardcovers with silver titles on the spine. Corners bumped. Green, illustrated DJ with black titles. Light wear on corners and edges. VG/VG. Hardcover. VG/VG.

Toronto ; London : University of Toronto Press, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth library copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; xii, [5] p, 329 p. : ill., ports. ; 25 cm. Notes; Bibliography: p. 319-320. - Includes index. Subjects; Grierson, John (1898-1972). National Film Board of Canada. Motion picture producers and directors Biography. Documentary films Production and direction. Feature films Canada. Grierson, John. World War, (1939-1945) Propaganda. World War, (1939-1945) Canada. Motion pictures in propaganda Canada. Documentary films Canada History. Documentary films Canada History and criticism. Motion pictures in propaganda. Motion pictures, Canadian. Motion pictures, Documentary Canada. Motion picture producers and directors ; Biography. Documentary films Production and direction. Motion pictures, Canadian… Leer más

Canada: University of Toronto Press, 1984. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 329 pages. Index. Referrences. List of primary sources. Reproductions of black and white photos. "John Grierson, documentary film pioneer and founder of the National Film Board of Canada was a self-proclaimed propagandist who offered himself to Canada in the Second World War and won a place as director of Canada's official propaganda machine... But after the crisis had passed, Grierson and his idealistic associates ran up against the emerging pragmatic and functional policy approach of Mackenzie King's government." - from dust jacket. Moderate wear. Binding intact. Usual library markings. A sound copy..