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Bomber Boys on Screen S. P. MacKenzie (University of South Carolina, USA)

Bomber Boys on Screen By S. P. MacKenzie (University of South Carolina, USA)

Bomber Boys on Screen by S. P. MacKenzie (University of South Carolina, USA)


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Bomber Boys on Screen: RAF Bomber Command in Film and Television Drama by S. P. MacKenzie (University of South Carolina, USA)

Since the Second World War, depictions of Royal Air Force operations in film and television drama have become so numerous that they make up a genre worthy of scholarly attention. In this illuminating study, S. P. MacKenzie explores the different ways in which the men of RAF Bomber Command have been represented in dramatic form on the big and small screen from the war years to the present day. Bomber Boys on Screen is the first in-depth study of how and why the screen-drama image of those who flew, those who directed them, and those who provided support for RAF bomber operations has changed over time, sometimes in contested circumstances. Until now dramas that focus on Bomber Command have tended to be mentioned only in passing or studied in isolation, despite the prevalence of surveys of both the British war film genre and of aviation cinema. In Bomber Boys on Screen MacKenzie examines the development, presentation, and reception of significant dramas on a decade-by-decade basis. Titles from the beginning of the war (The Lion Has Wings, 1939) to the start of new century (Bomber's Moon, 2014) are situated in the context of technical possibilities and limitations, evolving social and cultural norms in the United Kingdom and elsewhere, and the development of moral and utilitarian controversies surrounding the wartime bomber offensive directed against Nazi Germany. While the focus is on feature films and television plays, reference is also made to documentaries, memorials, veterans' organizations, book titles, war comics, and other representations of the war fought by Bomber Command.

About S. P. MacKenzie (University of South Carolina, USA)

S. P. Mackenzie is Caroline McKissick Dial Professor of History and faculty member of the Film and Media Studies Program at the University of South Carolina, USA. He is the author of The Battle of Britain on Screen:'The Few' in British Film and Television Drama (2016) and British War Films, 1939-1945 (2006).

Table of Contents

Introduction 1. Teams: the 1940s 2. Leaders: the 1950s 3. Fighters: the 1960s 4. Pathfinders: the 1970s 5. Chiefs: the 1980s 6. Martyrs: the 1990s 7. Veterans: the 2000s Conclusion Filmography Bibliography

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NLS9781350024854
9781350024854
1350024856
Bomber Boys on Screen: RAF Bomber Command in Film and Television Drama by S. P. MacKenzie (University of South Carolina, USA)
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
2021-01-28
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