TY - GEN T1 - The battle of Britain on screen : 'The Few' in British film and television drama T2 - Societies at war. A1 - Mackenzie, S. P. LA - English PP - Edinburgh PB - Edinburgh University Press YR - 2007 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_ocn163587036 AB - This book examines in depth for the first time the origins, development, and reception of the major dramatic screen representations of 'The Few' in the Battle of Britain produced over the past seventy years. It explores both continuity and change of presentation in relation to a wartime event that acquired near-mythical dimensions in popular consciousness even before it happened and has been represented multiple times over the course of the past seven decades. Alongside technical developments, considerable social, cultural, and political fluctuation (as well as an expansion of factual knowledge concerning the battle itself) occurred in this period, all of which helped to shape how the battle came to be framed at particular junctures. The ways in which the Battle of Britain was being represented in other fictional forms as well histories and commemorations form part of the context in which screen representations are explored. Films discussed in detail include The Lion Has Wings, First of the Few, Angels One Five, Reach for the Sky and Battle of Britain, along with the television productions Piece of Cake and A Perfect Hero. Foreign productions, such as A Yank in the RAF and Dark Blue World, as well as abandoned projects and dramas in which 'The Few' feature in a more tangential fashion, are also mentioned in context. The emphasis throughout is on production issues and the extent to which these screen dramas reflected or influenced popular understanding of 1940. The Battle of Britain on Screen is therefore a contribution to the growing scholarly literature on how the Second World War has been remembered and represented within the United Kingdom. OP - 181 CN - D743.23 .M329 2007eb SN - 9780748630240 SN - 0748630244 SN - 1280866446 SN - 9781280866449 SN - 9780748623891 SN - 0748623892 SN - 0748623906 SN - 9780748623907 KW - Britain, Battle of, Great Britain, 1940. KW - World War, 1939-1945 : Great Britain : Motion pictures and the war. KW - War films : History and criticism. KW - Bataille d'Angleterre, Grande-Bretagne, 1940. KW - Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 : Grande-Bretagne : CineĢma et guerre. KW - Films de guerre : Histoire et critique. KW - PERFORMING ARTS : Film & Video : Reference. KW - PERFORMING ARTS : Film & Video : General. KW - War and motion pictures KW - War films KW - Great Britain KW - Luftschlacht um England KW - Film KW - Fernsehspiel KW - Schlacht um England : Motiv KW - 1939-1945 KW - Electronic books. KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc. ER -