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COI Vol 3: They Stand Ready
The Central Office of Information (COI) was established in 1946 and has produced thousands of films that reflect the changing face of a nation, and world, in flux. The third volume in the BFI s COI Collection, They Stand Ready, targets Britain s armed forces and paints a positive picture of life in the Services through morale boosting documentaries, propaganda items and numerous recruitment films.
Highlights include: Victory Parade (1946), troops from all over the British Empire arrive in London to celebrate victory over the Nazis; Suez in Perspective (1957), the Suez Crisis is given a positive spin; Routine Adventure (1965) and Tornado (1985), big boys toys on the high seas and in the skies. An accompanying booklet provides comprehensive notes and essays from academics and film historians.
Extra Features:
- All Films newly transferred to High-Definition from original film elements. <li Comes with fully illustrated booklet containing contextualising essays.
- Dolby Digital mono Audio
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This 23-film collection has a total running time of nearly four and a half hours, and is made up of documentary, propaganda, and recruitment films.
From 1946, the first film of the collection "Victory Parade" shows troops from across the British empire arriving in London to celebrate victory over the Nazis. Made in 1985, the last film "Tornado" features a team of Tornado pilots re-enacting a military training exercise.
"Men Of The World" is a short but interesting 10-minute documentary, which features British troops on and off duty, stationed in places including Malta and Suez, firstly we see the pursuit of leisure activities including polo and sailing, then in the blink of an eye we find ourselves following soldiers patrolling in the Malay jungle, facing the dangers posed by snipers.
The 1950 film "Out Of The Groove" is a very twee recruitment film for the Women's Royal Army Corps (WRAC). In the 1961 recruitment film "Military Policeman" the aim is to entice 15 to 17 and a half year olds with images of learning to drive, riding motorbikes, and playing football, one parachuting scene is accompanied by the brief strains of a rock and roll soundtrack!
The BFI have yet again raided the central office of information archives to good effect, to provide a selection of films which I found to be an interesting collection.
The films have been remastered, picture and sound quality are good.
Here is a list of the films with brief details:
*DISC ONE:
Victory Parade (1946,B/W,20 mins).
Men Of The World (1950,B/W,10 mins).
Eagles Of The Fleet (1950,B/W,10 mins).
Out Of The Groove (1950,colour,10 mins).
They Stand Ready (1955,B/W,19 mins).
Suez In Perspective (1957,B/W,18 mins).
Musicians In The Making (1958,B/W,4 mins).
Military Policeman (1961,colour,7 mins).
Ten Foot Tall (1964,colour,20 mins).
Winged Horizons (1965,colour,11 mins).
Egypt Today: The Anglo-French Aggression Against Egypt (1956,B/W,12 mins).
*DISC TWO:
Voyage North (1965,colour,21 mins).
Routine Adventure (1965,colour,13 mins).
Army Summer Of 1968 (1968,B/W,30 secs).
Exercise Enterprise (1968,B/W,4 mins).
Best Of Both Worlds (1971,colour,18 mins).
Community Relations Officer (1974,colour,3 mins).
When You Wake Up (1974,colour,17 mins).
Ark Royal (c1970,colour,30 secs).
HMS Sheffield (1975,colour,20 mins).
Tornado Trailer (1985,colour,2 mins).
Royal Navy Amazon (c1980,colour,30 secs).
Tornado (1985,colour,29 mins).
*SPECIAL FEATURES:
*Fully illustrated 36-page booklet, which contains full details of all the films, plus notes and essays.
*Dolby Digital mono audio.
*English subtitles.
The 2 discs are stored in a single-size DVD case.
From 1946, the first film of the collection "Victory Parade" shows troops from across the British empire arriving in London to celebrate victory over the Nazis. Made in 1985, the last film "Tornado" features a team of Tornado pilots re-enacting a military training exercise.
"Men Of The World" is a short but interesting 10-minute documentary, which features British troops on and off duty, stationed in places including Malta and Suez, firstly we see the pursuit of leisure activities including polo and sailing, then in the blink of an eye we find ourselves following soldiers patrolling in the Malay jungle, facing the dangers posed by snipers.
The 1950 film "Out Of The Groove" is a very twee recruitment film for the Women's Royal Army Corps (WRAC). In the 1961 recruitment film "Military Policeman" the aim is to entice 15 to 17 and a half year olds with images of learning to drive, riding motorbikes, and playing football, one parachuting scene is accompanied by the brief strains of a rock and roll soundtrack!
The BFI have yet again raided the central office of information archives to good effect, to provide a selection of films which I found to be an interesting collection.
The films have been remastered, picture and sound quality are good.
Here is a list of the films with brief details:
*DISC ONE:
Victory Parade (1946,B/W,20 mins).
Men Of The World (1950,B/W,10 mins).
Eagles Of The Fleet (1950,B/W,10 mins).
Out Of The Groove (1950,colour,10 mins).
They Stand Ready (1955,B/W,19 mins).
Suez In Perspective (1957,B/W,18 mins).
Musicians In The Making (1958,B/W,4 mins).
Military Policeman (1961,colour,7 mins).
Ten Foot Tall (1964,colour,20 mins).
Winged Horizons (1965,colour,11 mins).
Egypt Today: The Anglo-French Aggression Against Egypt (1956,B/W,12 mins).
*DISC TWO:
Voyage North (1965,colour,21 mins).
Routine Adventure (1965,colour,13 mins).
Army Summer Of 1968 (1968,B/W,30 secs).
Exercise Enterprise (1968,B/W,4 mins).
Best Of Both Worlds (1971,colour,18 mins).
Community Relations Officer (1974,colour,3 mins).
When You Wake Up (1974,colour,17 mins).
Ark Royal (c1970,colour,30 secs).
HMS Sheffield (1975,colour,20 mins).
Tornado Trailer (1985,colour,2 mins).
Royal Navy Amazon (c1980,colour,30 secs).
Tornado (1985,colour,29 mins).
*SPECIAL FEATURES:
*Fully illustrated 36-page booklet, which contains full details of all the films, plus notes and essays.
*Dolby Digital mono audio.
*English subtitles.
The 2 discs are stored in a single-size DVD case.
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By clayhole
The video bought so many memories from my time in the Junior Leaders and beyond. Brilliant. Service brilliant to. well done
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I bought this for my Dads Birthday and he just loved it! He was in the Army around this time and remembered some of the places.
This was well worth the price.
This was well worth the price.
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Brought history bak to life
Professionally filmed and an excellent glimse back into the days gone bye from a time when such films were frequently made
Published 27 days ago by Derek
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent information film.
The films included in this Information epic are very clear and relate exactly to the things I was looking to review. I would rue comment this compilation of films to other people.
Published 2 months ago by Aargonbee
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A Fascinating Amalgam of Period Military Publicity Films
This is a rather unusual collection of films that most students of military history and armed forces will enjoy watching. Read more
Published 6 months ago by JOSE M TREVIQO
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Infantry Junior Leaders Battalion, Oswestry, Shropshire
I bought this DVD for one particular section called Ten Foot Tall (1964). Much of this section was shot at IJLB Oswestry and although I was there at the time, but not in the film,... Read more
Published on 10 Sep 2010 by P. N. Livsey
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Excellent history of Military films over the last 60 years
As a former soldier I was intrigued to see what was included in this latest COI collection from the BFI. Read more
Published on 12 Aug 2010 by The Penguin
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