tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6912742963368399051.post9220842629490856442..comments2023-04-12T02:10:16.610-07:00Comments on Sea Songs: Their states and ours: the BFI wins againRobin Carmodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05825645880870474801noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6912742963368399051.post-21418923592487314492011-03-09T16:21:06.287-08:002011-03-09T16:21:06.287-08:00Indeed.
The first two 'Reports on Modernisati...Indeed.<br /><br />The first two 'Reports on Modernisation' from 1959 & 1961 really should have been released on DVD while the BFI were mining (no pun intended!) the BTF archive; certainly, they deserve to be made public in far better prints than the pathetic ones released on VHS twenty years ago, and when you look at some of the wonderful restoration jobs the BFI have done on other films from that era ... did I copy those two Reports for you c. 2006/7, Tom? I should have done.Robin Carmodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05825645880870474801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6912742963368399051.post-45224129226016000452011-03-09T14:11:19.697-08:002011-03-09T14:11:19.697-08:00That's an excellent, thoughtful piece.
I hav...That's an excellent, thoughtful piece. <br /><br />I have watched several things from "Shadows of Progress" - a masterful selection of films, covering a lot of ground: comprehensive education, women's rights, working-class London pub-life, growing ecological awareness...<br /><br />Callaghan ultimately paid for his own role in defeating "In Place of Strife". Crucial, as we must remember that Labour actually polled more votes in 1979 than in either 1974 election; without the WoD, Callaghan would have likely been able to win a slim victory - he was personally much more popular than Thatcher even *after* the WoD, let alone before it. <br /><br />It is often forgotten that he had potentially much wider appeal than Harold Wilson, certainly with older, more socially conservative voters, and he could be a very commanding (if at times patronising!) speaker.Tom Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12926419257352932141noreply@blogger.com