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In the years between the Great Depression and the outbreak of the Second World War there was a boom in the hobby of amateur film-making, which became a popular middle-class pastime. The films make ...a fascinating contrast to the tumultuous events of the period which, by and large, were the exclusive domain of the newsreels, and adds up to a rich collection of images of everyday life caught on celluloid. This is the story of those pioneering amateurs: their work; their secrets and motives; and how and why their hobby became for them an all-consuming obsession. Private Passions captures how film-makers recorded their everyday life, away from the social upheaval and political crises that filled the headlines.
In the years between the Great Depression and the outbreak of the Second World War there was a boom in the hobby of amateur film-making, which became a popular middle-class pastime. The films make ...a fascinating contrast to the tumultuous events of the period which, by and large, were the exclusive domain of the newsreels, and adds up to a rich collection of images of everyday life caught on celluloid. This is the story of those pioneering amateurs: their work; their secrets and motives; and how and why their hobby became for them an all-consuming obsession. Private Passions captures how film-makers recorded their everyday life, away from the social upheaval and political crises that filled the headlines.
| Series: | Nation on film 1 |
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| First transmission date: | 2005 |
| Published: | 2005 |
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| Duration: | 00:29:00 |
| Note: | A leaflet about this series is available for Reference use onl |
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| Producer: | Rosalind Bain |
| Narrator: | Lesley Sharp |
| Contributors: | Tony Aldgate; Binny Baker; Ian Baxter; Dave Berry; Rob Cook; Peter Endicott; Elayne Hoskin; Janet McBain; Nigel Parriss; Joyce Pickard |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Link to related site: | Website: http://www.open2.net/nationonfilm/seriessummary.html |
| Subject terms: | Amateur films--Great Britain--20th century; Social change--Great Britain--History--20th century; Great Britain --Social life and customs --20th century |
| Production number: | JOUA3485_71 |
| Available to public: | no |
