Shadows Of Progress: Documentary Film In Post-War Britain 1951-1977

This landmark collection brings together for the first time over 14 hours of film material preserved in the BFI National Archive, telling the previously untold story of British documentary filmmaking through the 1950s, 60s and 70s. As Britain emerged from the WW2, new social, political and ideological challenges brought about inevitable and far-reaching change. With change came a need to look at, and engage with, the country's people and places, values and industries in fresh and exciting ways. The films presented here are as inspired, ground-breaking and indispensable as anything produced by the Free Cinema or British Documentary Movements.