Colonial Film Unit

The Colonial Film Unit (C.F.U) was a propaganda and educational film production organization of the British government.[1] It produced films for various British colonies including British Guiana and Nigeria. The Jamaica Film Unit was a division for films produced in Jamaica. The Colonial Film Unit was established in 1939 and produced 200 films before being shut down in 1955.[2] It was part of Britain's Ministry of Information.[3] It produced a magazine titled Colonial Cinema.[4] Training filmmakers was also an important part of the unit's activities.[5]

Originally established to produce British war propaganda, the C.F.U. transitioned to making instructional films after the war.[6]

Filmography
  • Learie Constantine, welfare worker and cricketer, a documentary about Learie Constantine's welfare department work
  • Springime in an English Village (1944)
  • African Visitors to the Tower of London (1949)
  • Journey by a London Bus (1950)
  • Towards True Democracy (1951)[7]

See also

References
  1. Rice, Tom. "British Empire's forgotten propaganda tool for 'primitive peoples': mobile cinema". The Conversation.
  2. "Production Companies | colonialfilm". www.colonialfilm.org.uk.
  3. Smyth, Rosaleen (September 15, 2006). "The British Colonial Film Unit and sub-Saharan Africa, 1939–1945". Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television. 8 (3): 285–298. doi:10.1080/01439688800260391.
  4. "Beyond the Colonial Film Archive".
  5. "Colonial Cinema". April 23, 2013.
  6. Smyth, Rosaleen (July 26, 1979). "The Development of British Colonial Film Policy, 1927–1939, with special reference to East and Central Africa". The Journal of African History. 20 (3): 437–450. doi:10.1017/S0021853700017400 – via Cambridge Core.
  7. "Colonial Film Unit". BFI.

Further reading
  • Smyth, Rosaleen (1979). "The Development of British Colonial Film Policy, 1927-1939, with Special Reference to East and Central Africa". jstor.org. Cambridge University Press. 20 (3): 437–450. JSTOR 181124.
  • Sellers, O.B.E., W. (1953). "Making Films in and for the Colonies". jstor.org. Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce. 101 (4910): 829–837. JSTOR 41365579.
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