| 词条 | Royal Air Force Film Production Unit |
| 释义 |
Royal Air Force Film Production Unit (typically abbreviated to the acronym RAFFPU) produced propaganda films depicting RAF personnel and aircraft both on the ground and in aerial action during World War II from 1941 to 1945. Personnel included early commander Flight Lieutenant John Boulting; later director Richard Attenborough flew camera missions over Europe. HistoryThe RAFFPU was formed in 1941 after it was recognised that captured film footage was being processed by civilian companies before it could be securely classified. Additionally, many civilian cameramen were not able to be taken on bombing raids, so service personnel were trained to be able to perform these tasks.[1] The RAFFPU had two main tasks; to document the RAF's work and to produce propaganda films involving the Royal Air Force.[2] One of its early successful propaganda films was Target for Tonight. The aim of the film was to show the public how Bomber Command operated especially with a crew drawn from Britain, Australia and Canada. The film followed a Wellington crew (F for Freddie) bombing railway infrastructure over Germany. The film was a big success with the British public and its investment of £6,000 was brought back 12 times over as it took £73,000 at the cinemas. The film's director, Harry Watt, later regretted that most of the allied aircrew who starred in the film, did not survive the war.[3] The RAFFPU mainly worked out of Pinewood studios which is where Richard Attenborough was seconded to. He starred in one of their films, Journey Together, which was directed by Flight lieutenant John Boulting. After the war, Attenborough went on to be directed by Boulting in the film Brighton Rock because of his connection to the RAFFPU.[4] Personnel from the film unit were present on many notable raids, such as Operation Jericho, the Amiens prison raid, which was flown to free members of the French Resistance under threat of execution.[5] The director, Lewis Gilbert, also served in the unit during the Second World War.[6] The unit had access to Beaufort, Anson, Hudson, Havoc and Auster aircraft based at RAF Benson and RAF Langley. Whilst production stopped in 1945, the unit was officially stood down at RAF Stanmore Park in March 1947 when it became the Film Production Unit Library.[7] FilmsThese were some of the films produced by the RAFFPU.[8]
See also
References1. ^{{cite journal|last1=Buckman|first1=Keith|title=The Royal Air Force Film Production Unit, 1941-1945|journal=Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television|date=1997|volume=17|issue=2|page=219|issn=1465-3451|doi=10.1080/01439689700260701}} 2. ^{{cite book|last1=Browne|first1=Stephen|title=The encyclopedia of British film|date=2013|publisher=Manchester University Press|location=Manchester|isbn=9780719091391|pages=663–664|edition=4}} 3. ^{{cite book|last1=Connelly|first1=Mark|title=Reaching for the stars a new history of Bomber Command in World War II|date=2001|publisher=I.B. Tauris|location=London|isbn=978-1-86064-591-4|pages=59–62|chapter=3: Committing Britain to a Bomber War February 1941–Spring 1942}} 4. ^{{cite web|title=The Richard Attenborough Stage opens for business at Pinewood Studios|url=http://www.pinewoodgroup.com/our-studios/uk/news/richard-attenborough-stage-opens-business-pinewood-studios|website=www.pinewoodgroup.com|accessdate=24 July 2017}} 5. ^{{cite book|last1=Darlow|first1=Steve|title=Special OP : bomber : daring missions that changed the shape of WWII|date=2008|publisher=David & Charles|location=Newton Abbot|isbn=978-0-7153-2782-1|page=171|chapter=7: Gaolbusters - the Amiens Prison Raid}} 6. ^{{cite news|title=Lewis Gilbert Obituary|work=The Times|issue=72740|date=28 February 2018|page=55|issn=0140-0460}} 7. ^{{cite book|last1=Lake|first1=Alan|title=Flying units of the RAF : the ancestry, formation and disbandment of all flying units from 1912|date=1999|publisher=Airlife|location=Shrewsbury|isbn=978-1-84037-086-7|page=175|edition=1}} 8. ^{{cite web|title=Royal Air Force Film Production Unit|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b943b0638|website=BFI|accessdate=24 July 2017}} Further reading
External links
2 : Royal Air Force|World War II propaganda |
| 随便看 |
|
开放百科全书收录14589846条英语、德语、日语等多语种百科知识，基本涵盖了大多数领域的百科知识，是一部内容自由、开放的电子版国际百科全书。