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The History of the British Army Film and Photographic Unit in the Second World War (Hardcover)
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The History of the British Army Film and Photographic Unit in the Second World War (Hardcover)
Series: Helion Studies in Military History
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At the beginning of the Second World War the Nazi hierarchy had, at
an early stage, fully recognised the importance of controlling the
depiction of military conflict in order to ensure the continued
morale of their combat troops by providing a bridge between the
soldiers and their families. Promoting the use of photographic
record also allowed the Nazis to exercise control over negative
depictions of the war. In contrast, the British military and
political decision makers were reluctant to embrace any potential
propaganda benefits of film and photographic material in the build
up to, and the early months, of the Second World War. Military
commanders in the field were conscious that their tactical blunders
could be recorded on film and still photographs and made available
to the British public. Visions such as the First World War use of
troops as fodder for machine guns and the ensuing mud-coated
corpses of British troops were not the sort of record of the
conflict that British generals in the field were willing to
contemplate. British politicians and their generals feared that a
realistic presentation of the horror of war could have an adverse
effect on recruiting. The belated acceptance of the need for open
reporting of the conflict meant that when it was finally accepted
as useful the P.R.2 Section (Public Relations) at the War Office
and the British Military found itself in a 'catch up' situation.
Despite the disadvantages of such a slow start, the British combat
cameramen grew in strength throughout the conflict, producing films
such as Desert Victory, Tunisian Victory, Burma Victory, The True
Glory and a huge stock of both cine and still material lodged as
'Crown Property' in the Imperial War Museum, London. The British
Army Film and Photographic Unit's material represents some of the
most frequently used records of historical events and key figures
of the period. Based on memoirs, personal letters and interviews
with the AFPU cameramen, this book reveals the development of the
unit and tells the human story of men who used cameras as weapons
of war.
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