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Propaganda with Facts: 1: "...And as far as possible, nothing but the truth"

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

A series of six programmes about the cinema and public opinion in the 1940s.
The 1940s were the one period of English history when there was a serious and sustained effort by the state to control public opinion. The cinema was one of the main instruments of this campaign. How did the machinery of persuasion work?

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Written by:
Nicholas Pronay
Produced by:
Howard Smith
Source: Radio Times

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