Shadows of Progress: Documentary Film in Post-War Britain 1951-1977. Various directors, 1951-1977.
Edition screened: BFI DVD set, released 2013. English language. Cumulative runtime approximately 828 minutes.
Summary: This excellent collection contains the following films organized onto four DVDs. A few films include scenes of animal deaths. See individual titles for details.
Disc one: The Island
David (Paul Dickson, 1951)
To Be a Woman (Jill Craigie, 1951)
The Island (Peter Pickering, 1952)
The Elephant Will Never Forget (John Krish, 1953)
Sunday by the Sea (Anthony Simmons, 1953)
Henry (Lindsay Anderson, 1955)
Foot and Mouth (Lindsay Anderson, 1955)
Birthright (Sarah Erulkar, 1958)
They Took Us to the Sea (John Krish, 1961)
Faces of Harlow (Derrick Knight, 1964)
Disc two: Return to Life
Thursday’s Children (Lindsay Anderson & Guy Brenton, 1954)
There Was a Door (Derek Williams, 1957)
People Apart (Guy Brenton, 1957)
Return to Life (John Krish, 1960)
Four People (Guy Brenton, 1962)
A Time to Heal (Derrick Knight, 1963)
Time Out of Mind (Eric Marquis, 1968)
Disc three: The Shadow of Progress
Three Installations (Lindsay Anderson, 1952)
The Film That Never Was (Paul Dickson, 1957)
Stone Into Steel (Paul Dickson, 1960)
From First to Last (Anthony Simmons, 1962)
People, Productivity and Change (Peter Bradford, 1963)
Shellarama (Richard Cawston, 1965)
Picture to Post (Sarah Erulkar, 1969)
The Shadow of Progress (Derek Williams, 1970)
Disc four: Today in Britain
Today in Britain (Peter Hopkinson, 1964)
I Think They Call Him John (John Krish, 1964)
Portrait of Queenie (Michael Orrom, 1964)
Education for the Future (Derrick Knight, 1967)
Tomorrow’s Merseysiders (Eric Marquis, 1974)
Time of Terror (Eric Marquis, 1975)
The Shetland Experience (Derek Williams 1977)