Zonal Film Archives, John F. Kelson, Unknown

Catalogue of Forbidden German Feature and Short Film Productions

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Compiled as a tool for re-educating the population of the three western zones of Occupation, this catalog lists 395 features, feature-length documentaries, and short films that were forbidden for public exhibition. The Zonal Film Archives originally held some 3200 feature titles and 2500 short titles. After viewing, those found to be harmless were returned to their owners, leaving the forbidden films documented in this catalog. Each film entry gives credits (year, production, director, cast) together with an evaluation of the content. The films are listed in two sections: first, feature/feature-length documentaries and, second, shorts. They are further subdivided according to character and purpose (anti-American propaganda, or Nazi architectural propaganda, for example). There is a complete index of film titles and a list of all films produced in Germany between 1933 and 1945 by the Propaganda Ministry. An extensive introduction by noted historian K. R. M. Short places the work and a selection of related documents in full historical perspective. This catalog is a pivotal document for understanding the policies used to reconstruct and re-educate Germany between 1945 and 1951. As such it is invaluable to historians of Nazi and post-war Germany.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Greenwood
• Seitenzahl: 242
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Mai 1996
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 533g
• ISBN-13: 9780313301063
• ISBN-10: 0313301069
• Artikelnr.: 25566479

Autorenporträt

JOHN F. KELSON served as Director of Censorship and Research when he was responsible for the viewing, description, and assessment of all films included in the Catalogue. He later served as Director of British the British Zoanal Film Library and as an official of the Central Office of Information in London. K.R.M. SHORT is Professor of Communication, Adjunct Professor of History, and formerly Director of the School of Communication at the University of Houston.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Publisher's Note British Film Policy and the Re-Education of
Germany: 1945-51: The Catalogue of Forbidden German Feature and Short Film
Productions by K.R.M. Short Catalogue of Forbidden German Feature and Short
Film Productions held in Zonal Film Archives of Film Section, Information
Services Division, Control Commission for Germany Index of English Film
Titles Addendum to Section 31--"Forbidden by Selbstkontrolle": Liebelei
(1933) Appendix A: Documents Setting Out Legal Basis for British Film
Policy Appendix B: John F. Kelson to Office of the Chief, Information
Services Division, 15 February 1952. Covering Letter on Subject of
Forbidden Films Appendix C: Film Echo 30 (28 July 1951). By L.W., "Our
Readers's Opinion: Why is There Still an 'Allied List of Forbidden Films?'"
Appendix D: List of Films (Foreign) Forbidden Appendix E: Allied High
Commission Law No.32 Disposition of Former Reich-Owned Motion Picture
Property. (20 July 1950) in Henry P. Pilgert, with Helga Dobbert, Press,
Radio and Film in West Germany, 1945-1953 Appendix F: List of "Forbidden
German Films" held by the Imperial War Museum