Listen and Be Loyal
In World War II how did the British react to Whitehall's propaganda aimed at boosting morale? According to Professor Tom Harrisson :
With laughter or apathy because much of it was inept. Whitehall, insulated by education and class, usually failed to understand or communicate with ordinary people.
TOM HARRISSON , ornithologist, anthropologist and co-founder of Mass Observation, worked for British Home Intelligence. The official record is known -this is the unofficial side of the story, that of the man in the street who couldn' answer back. Harrisson supports his view with propaganda films, contemporary social surveys by Mass Observation and intelligence documents just off the secrets list.
Narrator PAUL DANEMAN
Editor BRUCE NORMAN
Producer MICHAEL BARNES