Film and Reality 1895-1939

Including excerpts from 58 early documentaries, this five-part survey of the development of documentary film was dismissed by Grierson and Rotha for being overly eclectic and not doing justice to the British Documentary Movement. However, it is Cavalcanti's broad range of reference which makes the film fascinating today.

Availability

• A 16mm print of this title is available to hire
• The print of this title is from the National Archive

Cast and Crew

Director

Alberto Cavalcanti

Technical information

Country

UK

Year

1942

Black and white

Running time

105 mins