The Land of Promise - The British Documentary Movement ADDED

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The Land of Promise - The British Documentary Movement ADDED

Postby baggish » 28 Jul 2018 15:57

Four-disc box set

Title: The Land of Promise - The British Documentary Movement 1930 - 1950
Country: UK
Region: R2
Releasing Studio: BFI
Case Type: Fold-out wallet in slip-case (see ebay item 163125636975 for illustrations)
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Anamorphic?: No
PAL or NTSC?: PAL
Soundtracks:
- English Dolby Digital 1.0 mono
Subtitles:
- English HoH (optional)
Cuts: Presumably none but I couldn’t find this release in bbfc
Notes:
ASIN: B00BPAHIGI
Sources:
- I borrowed the DVD from the library
- http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film2/DVDRevie ... romise.htm
- https://www.thedigitalfix.com/film/cont ... 1930-1950/

Disc One
Industrial Britain (Robert Flaherty, 1931, 20:23) - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024179
Shipyard (Paul Rotha, 1935, 23:47) - http://www.imdb.com/title/ttt1710471
Workers and Jobs (Arthur Elton, 1935, 10:39) - http://www.imdb.com/tt1710512
Housing Problems (Arthur Elton & Edgar Anstey, 1935, 14:38) - http://www.imdb.com/tt0290660
Children at School (Basil Wright, 1937, 22:34) - http://www.imdb.com/tt1710338
Farewell Topsails (Humphrey Jennings, 1937, 8:27) - http://dvdcompare.net/comparisons/film.php?fid=43287
To-Day We Live (Ruby Grierson & Ralph Bond, 1937, 22:54) - http://www.imdb.com/tt1710490
Eastern Valley (Donald Alexander, 1937, 16:15) - http://www.imdb.com/tt1710345
People of Britain (Paul Rotha, 1936, 3:04) - http://www.imdb.com/tt1710595
If War Should Come (GPO Film Unit, 1939, 9:25) - http://www.imdb.com/tt1710384
Extras: “Play All” option

Disc Two
Britain at Bay (Harry Watt, 1940, 6:52) - http://www.imdb.com/tt0403900
Transfer of Skill (Geoffrey Bell, 1940, 9:42) - http://www.imdb.com/tt0311931
They Also Serve (Ruby Grierson, 1940, 9:33) - http://www.imdb.com/tt0310222
Tomorrow Is Theirs (James Carr, 1940, 9:25) - http://www.imdb.com/tt1710618
Words for Battle (Humphrey Jennings, 1941, 7:31) - http://dvdcompare.net/comparisons/film.php?fid=39502
Ordinary People (Jack Lee & JB Holmes, 1941, 27:23) - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0222251
Five and Under (Donald Alexander, 1941, 15:34) - http://www.imdb.com/tt1142561
Night Shift (JD Chambers, 1942, 13:58) - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5272624
The Countrywomen (John Page, 1942, 13:22) - http://www.imdb.com/tt1710481
Summer on the Farm (Ralph Keene, 1943, 11:29) - http://www.imdb.com/tt1710479
Listen to Britain (Humphrey Jennings & Stewart McAllister, 1942, 19:09) - http://dvdcompare.net/comparisons/film.php?fid=38389
Builders (Pat Jackson, 1942, 7:48) - http://www.imdb.com/tt1710335
Words and Actions (Maxwell Anderson, 1943, 14:09) - http://www.imdb.com/tt1710511
A Diary for Timothy (Humphrey Jennings, 1946, 37:22) - http://dvdcompare.net/comparisons/film.php?fid=38391
Extras: “Play All” option

Disc Three
Land of Promise (Paul Rotha, 1946, 63:15) - http://www.imdb.com/tt0323014
The Balance (Paul Rotha, 1947, 9:08) - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3161562
What a Life (Michael Law, 1948, 11:10) - http://www.imdb.com/tt1710510
The Dim Little Island (Humphrey Jennings, 1948, 10:13) - http://dvdcompare.net/comparisons/film.php?fid=43336
Britain Can Make It (No 1) (Francis Gysin, 1946, 10:24) - http://www.imdb.com/tt1726598
Fenlands (Ken Annakin, 1945, 17:29) - http://www.imdb.com/tt0322268
Children’s Charter (Gerard Bryant, 1945, 16:31) - http://www.imdb.com/tt1726282
Chasing the Blues (JD Chambers & Jack Ellitt, 1947, 5:58) - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2467492
Cotton Come Back (Donald Alexander, 1946, 24:33) - http://www.imdb.com/tt6298662
Five Towns (Terry Bishop, 1947, 26:12) - http://www.imdb.com/tt1726635
Extras: “Play All” option

Disc Four
A Plan to Work On (Kay Mander, 1948, 32:08) - http://www.imdb.com/tt1726584
Mining Review 2nd Year No 11 (Peter Pickering, 1949, 9:27) - not in imdb, Mining Review 2nd Year No 10 also directed by Pickering and 10 min in duration is http://www.imdb.com/title/tt7238052
From the Ground Up (Crown Film Unit, 1950, 9:22) - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1726638
The Wealth of the World: Transport (Peter Bradford, 1950, 18:58) - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1726822
The Undefeated (Paul Dickson, 1950, 33:37) - http://www.imdb.com/tt0214240
Family Portrait (Humphrey Jennings, 1950, 23:17) - http://dvdcompare.net/comparisons/film.php?fid=43338
Extras:
- “Play All” option
- 'John Grierson at the NFT' (Grierson addresses an audience at the National Film Theatre in August 1959) (12:59)
- 'Close-Up: Recollections of British documentary' (2007 featurette made for this collection featuring interviews with some of the key figures from the British documentary movement) (40:09)

In the case:
- 96 page booklet (unfortunately missing from my copy)

The Humphrey Jennings films already have entries in the database, but none of the others do.

Farewell Topsails - http://dvdcompare.net/comparisons/film.php?fid=43287 - there is a mistake in this comparison. The winner is said to be Blu-ray ALL when it should be R0
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Re: The Land of Promise - The British Documentary Movement

Postby James-Masaki_Ryan » 31 Jul 2018 23:23

Took quite a bit of time, but all done. Also baggish, it didn't help that most of those IMDB links were broken! :o At least the ID numbers were correct, so that made it a little easier.

Thank you!
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Re: The Land of Promise - The British Documentary Movement A

Postby baggish » 01 Aug 2018 13:02

Oh, yes, I can see the problem, sorry about that!
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