A Yank In Britain
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A Yank In Britain
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Author : Charles Urban
language : en
Publisher: The Projection Box
Release Date : 1999
A Yank In Britain written by Charles Urban and has been published by The Projection Box this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Motion picture industry categories.
Memoirs of documentary film producer Charles Urban who was one of the most important figures in the film industry prior to the First World War.
A Yank In The Village
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Author : Linda Lewandowski
language : en
Publisher: Book Guild Publishing
Release Date : 2001
A Yank In The Village written by Linda Lewandowski and has been published by Book Guild Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The Battle Of Britain A Yank In The Raf And Other American Friends Of England
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Author : Sid Rich
language : en
Publisher: America Star Books
Release Date : 2014-11-25
The Battle Of Britain A Yank In The Raf And Other American Friends Of England written by Sid Rich and has been published by America Star Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-11-25 with Fiction categories.
HAVING CONQUERED POLAND, Norway, Denmark, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxemburg and France, Adolph Hitler turned his attention to the British. Operation Sea Lion was the code name for Hitler s plan to invade England. To have any chance of success, however, the operation would require air supremacy. While America clung to neutrality, American Wedge Madison, who had flown against the Germans in the Spanish Revolution, went to England and joined the RAF. Great Britain was also fortunate to have CBS newsman Edward Murrow, Lend-Lease Director Averill Harriman, and new US Ambassador Gil Winant ardent friends and supporters who continued to keep the pressure on President Roosevelt to supply the weapons of war to help them survive. Fighter Command was so successful that the conclusion to Churchill s famous Battle of Britain speech made in the House of Commons concluded with: if the British Empire and its Commonwealth lasts for a thousand years, men will still say, This was their finest hour. This is the story of a particular time in history; the people, the circumstances, and one of the most pivotal events of World War II. Educated at the University of Texas, Sid Rich has been an executive with an insurance company, a trade association manager, a company president, chairman-of-the-board a corporation, a consultant in the long-term care field, and a registered Texas lobbyist. He lives in Austin, Texas with his wife Marlene.
A Yank Back To England
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Author : Denis Lipman
language : en
Publisher: Gemma
Release Date : 2010-01-30
A Yank Back To England written by Denis Lipman and has been published by Gemma this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-01-30 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Denis Lipman left London’s East End for Washington, DC more than 20 years ago, but made an annual pilgrimage year after year to visit aging parents, a pair of cantankerous, real-life Cockneys. He endured the visits as best he could. Enter an American wife. Not content with a grin-and-bear-it attitude, she declares that since each year’s trip to England was inevitable, it was to be enjoyed: see the sites, taste the culture, go places! Against his will, our expat becomes a tourist in his homeland and comes to discover it’s not so bad after all. Through new eyes, England is certainly better than he remembered! Enjoy a travel memoir more carbolic than bucolic. Discover a place where the sun rarely shines, where electricity is coin-operated, and where canned beans on toast is a cornerstone of cuisine. Taste the real East End and tour with a colorful, combative and fundamentally affectionate family as they rent cottages, host outrageous relatives, meet the locals and discover the English countryside.
Yanks
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Author : Phyllis Bentley
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016-12-15
Yanks written by Phyllis Bentley and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-12-15 with categories.
This book comprises a selection of articles from the (British) Army Bureau of Current Affairs' WAR and CURRENT AFFAIRS pamphlets, all relating to America and, more particularly, to the relationship between the British and Americans during the Second World War. Much of the fascination of the pieces lies in the fact that they were originally published between 1941 and 1944 when there was still a great deal of uncertainty as to what the future would hold. Most deal with the issue of social and cultural variations between the two countries and it is evident that both the American and British authorities had concerns over potential frictions caused by those differences. Although the articles have been grouped under the subtitle of "British Views on America," there are also contributions from Americans who had been given the remit to explain to a British readership why their countrymen are the way they are and how their behaviour is often misunderstood and misinterpreted abroad. Apart from the material dealing with Anglo-American relations, there is an eyewitness account of "The Epic of Bataan," an article on presidential elections (with special reference to that of 1944), and another on U.S. foreign policy. The sensitive issue of race discrimination, i.e. the position of black Americans at home and in the army, is also tentatively addressed in "The Colour Problem." On the authors, several articles are by Captains Ernest Watkins and Anthony Cotterell who were regular contributors to ABCA. Cotterell was taken prisoner by the Germans at Arnhem in 1944 and is reported to have died in an attempted escape. Among the other contributors are the English novelist, Phyllis Bentley, the American anthropologist, Margaret Mead, and the journalist and historian, Herbert Agar. The informative and very accessible contributions in this collection were written with the express purpose of improving the estimation of Americans among the ordinary rank and file of the British services. W. J. Hinton in "Meet the Americans" puts it in this way: "Our enemies are trying to make trouble between the British and the Americans during the war; they are certain to try it after they have been defeated, in the hope of escaping once more from the consequences of their crimes against humanity. It is our business to understand and work with the United States now and in peace-time; that means for us all at least to like and understand the Americans we meet." "Yanks" has been issued as a companion volume to the previously published "Japs" (978-1-910375-44-0) and "Nazis" (978-1910375-45-7). CONTENTS The Army of the U.S.A. - Major E. M. Llewellyn Life of a Recruit - Captain Anthony Cotterell The Epic of Bataan - Lieut-Colonel Warren J. Clear A Day with an American Unit - Captain Anthony Cotterell Full power to levy war - Captain Ernest Watkins Meet the Americans - W. J Hinton Here Are the Americans - Phyllis Bentley and H. G. Nicholas The Colour Problem as the American Sees It - Anonymous Transatlantic Soundings - Herbert Agar You and the Americans - Frank Darvall The Yank in Britain - Margaret Mead Electing the President - D. W. Brogan U.S. Foreign Policy - (Walter Lippman)
A Yank In The British Ymca
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Author : Fred Louis Parrish
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1975-12-01
A Yank In The British Ymca written by Fred Louis Parrish and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1975-12-01 with World War, 1914-1918 categories.
A Yank In The British Ymca In 1917
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Author : Fred Louis Parrish
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1974
A Yank In The British Ymca In 1917 written by Fred Louis Parrish and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1974 with World War, 1914-1918 categories.
Charles Urban
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Author : Luke McKernan
language : en
Publisher: Royal College of General Practitioners
Release Date : 2015-03-15
Charles Urban written by Luke McKernan and has been published by Royal College of General Practitioners this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-03-15 with Performing Arts categories.
Based on original research from Charles Urban’s own papers, this is the first biography of this influential film maker and innovator. It is also a historical study of the development of the non-fiction film in Britain and America in the early years of cinema, told through the experiences of the leading pioneer of the form. Charles Urban was a renowned figure in his time, and he has remained a name in film history chiefly for his development of Kinemacolor, the world’s first successful natural colour moving picture system. He was also a pioneer in the filming of war, science, travel, actuality and news, a fervent advocate of the value of film as an educative force, and a controversial but important innovator of film propaganda in wartime. The book uses Urban’s story as a means of showing how the non-fiction film developed in the period 1897-1925, and the dilemmas that it faced within a cinema culture in which the entertainment fiction film was dominant. Urban’s solutions – some successful, some less so – illustrate the groundwork that led to the development of documentary film. The book considers the roles of film as informer, educator and generator of propaganda, and the social and aesthetic function of colour in the years when cinema was still working out what it was capable of and how best to reach audiences. Luke McKernan also curates a web resource on Charles Urban at www.charlesurban.com Winner of the Kraszna-Krausz Moving Image Book Award 2014.
The Battle Of Britain On Screen
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Author : S. P. MacKenzie
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2016-01-28
The Battle Of Britain On Screen written by S. P. MacKenzie and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-01-28 with History categories.
This new, updated edition of The Battle of Britain on Screen examines in depth the origins, development and reception of the major dramatic screen representations of 'The Few' in the Battle of Britain produced over the past 75 years. Paul MacKenzie explores both continuity and change in the presentation of a wartime event that acquired and retains near-mythical dimensions in popular consciousness and has been represented many times in feature films and television dramas. Alongside relevant technical developments, the book also examines the social, cultural, and political changes occurring in the second half of the 20th century and first decade of current century that helped shape how the battle came to be framed dramatically. This edition contains a new chapter looking at the portrayal of the Battle of Britain at the time of its 70th anniversary. Through its perceptive demonstration of how our memory of the battle has been constantly reshaped through film and television, The Battle of Britain on Screen provides students of the Second World War, 20th-century Britain and film history with a thorough and complex understanding of an iconic historical event.
Britain And The Cinema In The Second World War
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Author : P. Taylor
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 1988-07-15
Britain And The Cinema In The Second World War written by P. Taylor and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988-07-15 with History categories.
The essays which appear in this book for the most part originated as papers delivered at a conference on Britain and the cinema in the Second World War held in London in May 1985.