Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of Film Advisory board

Timestamp:

May 28, 2012, 9:18:27 AM (12 years ago)

Author:

Parth

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Film Advisory board

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+== Film Advisory Board ==
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+Est: 1940. First instance of direct state production
+of documentary film in India. Started as part of
+the Dept of Information to advise on the making
+of propaganda shorts during WW2 under
+chairmanship of Alexander Shaw (formerly
+associated with John Grierson in the Empire
+Marketing Board and later producer with Crown
+Film Unit). J.B.H. Wadia, V. Shantaram and
+Ezra Mir worked briefly as chief producers
+(1942). The FAB was intended to collaborate
+with independent producers/financiers, coordinating
+and overseeing the distribution of
+indigenous and imported war propaganda films.
+Initial productions included documentaries and
+newsreels made at Wadia Movietone (e.g. early
+work of documentarist P.V. Pathy), films
+commissioned from the advertising agency D.J.
+Keymer and localised versions of newsreels by
+20th Century-Fox. Replaced in 1943 by
+Information Films of India.
+