Abstract
ABOVE: A still from the film Fires Were Started, which was released in 1943, and was a propagandist documentary using footage of firemen during the Blitz
Credit: REX/Courtesy Everett Collection
In this section
Days in the museums RANA MITTER 8
Into the valley of death ALAN MARYON-DAVIS 14
Reel drama DAVID AARONOVITCH 21
Tools of war MARC DIPAOLO 25
It’s all Greek CHRISTOS SYLLAS 28
Drawing out the dark side MARTIN ROWSON 34
Weapons of disinformation DANIEL CARTER 41
Call to arms LEANNE GREEN 45
Bonds of war SALLY GIMSON 52
Carnage on the Clyde JOHN MACLEOD 56
Loose talk CALIN HENTEA 61
Radio wars KEITH SOMERVILLE, NATASHA JOSEPH 66
Political vacuum and propaganda possibilities MAX WIND-COWIE 74
Holding the line RIC COLE 78
Dispatches from the frontline LYSE DOUCET 82