Dear Jiscmailers,
Some of you may be interested to know that the BFI has released a new DVD retrospective of Humphrey Jennings’ films. Humphrey Jennings worked with Mass Observation during the
early years of the organisation.
The DVD contains all of Humphrey Jennings’ films, including his wartime works:
Listen to Britain, Fires Were Started and A Diary for Timothy. The films are newly remastered to High Definition, and released by the BFI across three volumes. For more information visit:
http://filmstore.bfi.org.uk/acatalog/info_20521.html or
http://www.bfi.org.uk/about/media/releases/20110817_jennings.pdf
Best wishes,
Jessica
Jessica Scantlebury,
The Mass Observation Archive, The Library, University of Sussex, BRIGHTON BN1 9QL, UK
Tel. +44 (0) 1273 678157
http://www.massobs.org.uk/index.htm
http://twitter.com/MassObsArchive
***The Mass Observation Anniversary Lectures Series 2011 - 2012***
Juliet Gardiner - ‘Writing the mid century with Mass Observation’ - Wednesday 12th October 2011, 6.30pm, Fulton lecture theatre A, University of Sussex
Virginia Nicholson - ‘The Living Archive’ Thursday 8th December 2011, 6.30pm, Fulton lecture theatre A, University of Sussex
To book: http://www.sussex.ac.uk/alumni/newsandevents/lecture_booking