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The COI Collection Films from Britain Volume 2
Design for Today
Established in 1946, the Central Office of Information (COI) was a successor to the wartime Ministry of Information and was responsible for producing thousands of films which celebrated Britain, its people and their achievements.
This second volume in the COI Collection surveys the subjects of architecture, design and fashion. Highlights include: Designing Women (1948), Joyce Grenfell takes us through the dos and don ts of home furnishing; Brief City (1952), modernist architecture and design on show at the Festival of Britain; Design for Today (1965), Hugh Hudson s day-in-the-life of British design; Insight: Terence Conran (1981) and Insight: Zandra Rhodes (1981), Peter Greenaway and Michael Nyman team up in an early collaboration; The Pacemakers BIBA (1970), a look at the work of Barbara Hulanicki. This volume also boasts two newly commissioned scores by electronic pop band Saint Etienne. They give Designed in Britain (1959) and Design for Today (1965) a contemporary music make-over, whilst still retaining some original features. An accompanying booklet provides authoritative notes, along with Hugh Hudson s recollections of making Design for Today.
Extra Features:
- Fully illustrated booklet including comprehensive contextualising notes and essays from academics and film
- Dolby Digital mono audio (320 kbps)
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This collection of seventeen short films, made from 1948-85, covers four design subjects: Architecture, industrial, household, plus fashion.
On disc one, From 1952 we have the Festival of Britain, with it's futuristic dome taking centre stage, and from 1965 the film "Design For Living", with it's domestic and architectural designs, which although state of the art then, now naturally appear dated.
There's also a 1973 interview with architect Basil Spence, (designer of Coventry Cathedral).
Disc two opens with the 1960 film "Sixty Years Of Fashion", which charts the changing face of women's fashions from the early 1900's to the end of the 1950's. One film from 1970 features independant womenswear Boutique Biba, with husband and wife owners Stephen Fitz-Simons and Barbara Hulanicki, who allow customers to browse with no shop assistant asking "can I help you Madam", (what a lovely idea!).
A five minute film "the Mary Quant show" made in 1974, features short interviews with Mary Quant looking forward to the 1970's, with photographer David Bailey and 60's supermodel Jean Shrimpton admitting to being relieved at leaving the 1960's behind. The dawn of the 1980's features an insight into the work of fashion designer Zandra Rhodes. This is another enjoyable BFI release, informative, educational, and nostalgic.
Here is a list of the films with brief details:
*DISC ONE:
Designing Women (1948,B/W,23 mins).
Designed In Britain (1959,colour,15 mins).
Brief City (1952,B/W,19 mins).
Design For Today (1965,colour,15 mins).
This Week In Britain 615: National Theatre (1970,B/W,5 mins).
The Pacemakers: Basil Spence (1973,colour,15 mins).
Insight: Terence Conran (1981,colour,14 mins).
*DISC TWO:
Sixty Years Of Fashion (1960,colour,18 mins).
Miniskirts Make Money (1968,colour,1 min).
The Pacemakers: Biba (1970,colour,14 mins).
The Country Look (1971,colour,3 mins).
This Week In Fashion 750: Men's Fashions (1973,B/W,5 mins).
24 hours: Men's Fashions (Spanish) (1973,colour,5 mins).
This Week In Britain 791: The Mary Quant Show (1974,colour,5 mins).
This Week In Britain 1111: Savile Row (1976,colour,5 mins).
Insight: Zandra Rhodes (1981,colour,14 mins).
A Woman's Place: The Image Makers: (1985,colour,30 mins).
*SPECIAL FEATURES:
*Fully illustrated 24-page booklet including comprehensive contextualising notes and essays.
*Two new specially commissioned scores by Saint Etienne.
*Dolby Digital mono audio.
*Optional English subtitles.
On disc one, From 1952 we have the Festival of Britain, with it's futuristic dome taking centre stage, and from 1965 the film "Design For Living", with it's domestic and architectural designs, which although state of the art then, now naturally appear dated.
There's also a 1973 interview with architect Basil Spence, (designer of Coventry Cathedral).
Disc two opens with the 1960 film "Sixty Years Of Fashion", which charts the changing face of women's fashions from the early 1900's to the end of the 1950's. One film from 1970 features independant womenswear Boutique Biba, with husband and wife owners Stephen Fitz-Simons and Barbara Hulanicki, who allow customers to browse with no shop assistant asking "can I help you Madam", (what a lovely idea!).
A five minute film "the Mary Quant show" made in 1974, features short interviews with Mary Quant looking forward to the 1970's, with photographer David Bailey and 60's supermodel Jean Shrimpton admitting to being relieved at leaving the 1960's behind. The dawn of the 1980's features an insight into the work of fashion designer Zandra Rhodes. This is another enjoyable BFI release, informative, educational, and nostalgic.
Here is a list of the films with brief details:
*DISC ONE:
Designing Women (1948,B/W,23 mins).
Designed In Britain (1959,colour,15 mins).
Brief City (1952,B/W,19 mins).
Design For Today (1965,colour,15 mins).
This Week In Britain 615: National Theatre (1970,B/W,5 mins).
The Pacemakers: Basil Spence (1973,colour,15 mins).
Insight: Terence Conran (1981,colour,14 mins).
*DISC TWO:
Sixty Years Of Fashion (1960,colour,18 mins).
Miniskirts Make Money (1968,colour,1 min).
The Pacemakers: Biba (1970,colour,14 mins).
The Country Look (1971,colour,3 mins).
This Week In Fashion 750: Men's Fashions (1973,B/W,5 mins).
24 hours: Men's Fashions (Spanish) (1973,colour,5 mins).
This Week In Britain 791: The Mary Quant Show (1974,colour,5 mins).
This Week In Britain 1111: Savile Row (1976,colour,5 mins).
Insight: Zandra Rhodes (1981,colour,14 mins).
A Woman's Place: The Image Makers: (1985,colour,30 mins).
*SPECIAL FEATURES:
*Fully illustrated 24-page booklet including comprehensive contextualising notes and essays.
*Two new specially commissioned scores by Saint Etienne.
*Dolby Digital mono audio.
*Optional English subtitles.
7 of 10 people found the following review helpful
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Any documentary of the 1950s onwards is useful as I make models for that era and want to get everything as correct as possible. Very easy to get the wrong artefact in for the years you are portraying.
Films give us an insight and this is no exception. As expected from BFI good quality and helpful notes.
Note that you get two versions of two films - with newer musical scores which I persoanlly was less interested in. Also another is repeated in Spanish and in colour. Would not have minded an extra film or two!
However very good with two films from 1981 and two from 1970 otherwise all 50s and 60s.
Films give us an insight and this is no exception. As expected from BFI good quality and helpful notes.
Note that you get two versions of two films - with newer musical scores which I persoanlly was less interested in. Also another is repeated in Spanish and in colour. Would not have minded an extra film or two!
However very good with two films from 1981 and two from 1970 otherwise all 50s and 60s.
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