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"A very flexible medium”: the Ministry of Information and animated propaganda films on the home front
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posted on 2023-06-10, 00:24 authored by Hollie PriceThis chapter examines the use of animation in Ministry of Information (MoI) propaganda films during the Second World War. It explores two very different animation styles: Halas and Batchelor’s short narrative-focused cartoons, and diagrammatic sequences designed by Francis Rodker in Shell Film Unit documentaries. Drawing on archival evidence of the MoI Films Division’s work and through an examination of the films themselves, the chapter highlights how the MoI’s animated films and the ways they were distributed were influenced by techniques in commercial advertising and prestige publicity, and is indicative of the intersecting functions of these films as propaganda, publicity and education.
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Palgrave MacmillanExternal DOI
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145-160Pages
335.0Book title
Animation and Advertising: Commerce, Persuasion and AppealPlace of publication
LondonISBN
9783030279394Department affiliated with
- Media and Film Publications
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Malcolm Cook, Kirsten Moana ThompsonLegacy Posted Date
2021-07-20First Open Access (FOA) Date
2021-12-02First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date
2021-07-20Usage metrics
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