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E.M.B. Classics Drifters, Industrial Britain, Song of Ceylon

John Grierson coined the term "documentary" and then went on to found the British Documentary Film Movement. His filmmaking career began at the Empire Marketing Board. Three examples are presented here: Drifters, showing the British herring industry; Industrial Britain, started by Robert Flaherty and finished by Grierson; and The song of Ceylon, produced by Grierson and directed by his protege, Basil Wright.

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  • "Song of Ceylon"
  • "Song of Ceylon"@en
  • "Drifters, Industrial Britain, Song of Ceylon"@en
  • "E. M. B. Classics"
  • "Industrial Britain"
  • "Industrial Britain"@en
  • "Drifters"
  • "Drifters"@en
  • "Empire Marketing Board classics"

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  • ""Three films representing the Empire Marketing Board period of the British Documentary Film Movement. "Drifters" provides a view of turn-of the century British work processes within the herring industry. "Industrial Britain" heroicizes the workers of Britain's industries. "Song of Ceylon" looks at Sri Lanka (then British colony, Ceylon) through an Orientalist perspective.""
  • "John Grierson coined the term "documentary" and then went on to found the British Documentary Film Movement. His filmmaking career began at the Empire Marketing Board. Three examples are presented here: Drifters, showing the British herring industry; Industrial Britain, started by Robert Flaherty and finished by Grierson; and The song of Ceylon, produced by Grierson and directed by his protege, Basil Wright."@en
  • ""The Drifters is an early documentary on turn of the century North Sea herring fishermen and the fishing industry. Industrial Britain documents work in Britain's factories and mines during the early 1930's. Song of Ceylon shows traditional culture and primitive economy of the Ceylonese contrasted with the influence of modern commerce."--Notice Melvyl."
  • ""The Drifters is an early documentary on turn of the century North Sea herring fishermen and the fishing industry. Industrial Britain documents work in Britain's factories and mines during the early 1930's. Song of Ceylon shows traditional culture and primitive economy of the Ceylonese contrasted with the influence of modern commerce." --Notice Melvyl."
  • "John Grierson coined the term "documentary" and then went on to found the British Documentary Film Movement. His filmmaking career began at the Empire Marketing Board. Three examples are presented here: Drifters, showing the British herring industry; Industrial Britain, started by Robert Flaherty and finished by Grierson; and The Song of Ceylon, produced by Grierson and directed by his protege, Basil Wright."
  • "This series is a collection of twenty individual full length films representative of the British Documentary Film Movement. The films cover the twenty-two year period of British documentary production starting with the works of the EMB (Empire Marketing Board) and continue through the postwar era."@en

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  • "Silent films"@en
  • "Documentals (Films)"
  • "History"
  • "Nonfiction films"@en
  • "Documentary films"@en
  • "Feature films"@en
  • "Short films"@en
  • "Criticism, interpretation, etc"
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  • "E.M.B. Classics Drifters, Industrial Britain, Song of Ceylon"@en
  • "E.M.B. classics"
  • "E.M.B. classics"@en
  • "E.M.B. classics : Drifters; Industrial Britain; Song of Ceylon"
  • "E.M.B. classics Drifters, Industrial Britain, Song of Ceylon"
  • "E.M.B. Classics"

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