"Director: Ruby Grierson"

• Land of Promise | DVD | (04/03/2013) from £19.69   |  Saving you £10.30 (52.31%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Featuring 40 films by such luminaries as Humphrey Jennings Paul Rotha and Ruby Grierson this collection is a major retrospective of the British documentary film movement during its period of greatest influence. The diverse and compelling films contained here - many of which are made available for the first time since their original release - bear witness to the social and industrial transformations of a rapidly changing world. This unique collection captures the spirit and strength concerns and resolve of Britain and its people before during and immediately after the Second World War. A companion collection Shadows of Progress: Documentary film in post-war Britain 1951-1977 is also available on BFI DVD. Special Features: Includes fully illustrated 96 page perfect bound book with contextualising essays on all of the films Includes interviews with some of the directors featured on the discs Includes a 15 minute film of John Grierson (the 'father' of documentary) at the National Film Theatre in 1959