People's Century Season 1 Episode 6 1927: Great Escape 1995
The cinema excites, inspires and influences people seeking escape from their usually dull lives. Hollywood booms in the 1920s, and its movies dominate European screens after the Second World War, bringing alluring images of America. Censorship is introduced after concerns are raised of cinema's perceived affect on morals. Television will however cut short cinema's future, in the west . Clips shown in this episode come from silent films (Salome, Raja Harishchandra, Cinderella, Son of the Sheik, Sherlock Jr. and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde), musicals (Achut Kanya, Sing As We Go, Flying Down to Rio, The Stars Shine, On the Town, Chandralekha and Mother India), propaganda films (Earth, The Sea Hawk; Know Your Enemy: Japan, The Fall of Berlin and Luciano Serra pilota), and films with allegorical messages (Les Visiteurs du Soir, Ladri di biciclette and Meet Mr. Lucifer). The introductory scene shows audience observing the first sound film, The Jazz Singer.
- Released: 1995-09-18
- Runtime: 60 minutes
- Genre: Documentary
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1. 1900: Age of Hope 1995-09-13
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2. 1914: Killing Fields 1995-09-14
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3. 1917: Red Flag 1995-09-15
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4. 1919: Lost Peace 1995-09-16
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5. 1926: On the Line 1995-09-17
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6. 1927: Great Escape 1995-09-18
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7. 1929: Breadline 1995-09-19
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8. 1930: Sporting Fever 1995-09-20
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9. 1933: Master Race 1995-09-21
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10. 1939: Total War 1995-09-22
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11. 1945: Fallout 1995-09-23
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12. 1945: Brave New World 1995-09-24
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13. 1947: Freedom Now 1995-09-25
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14. 1948: Boomtime 1995-09-26
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15. 1951: Asia Rising 1995-09-27
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16. 1954: Living Longer 1995-09-28
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17. 1957: Skin Deep 1995-09-29
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18. 1959: Endangered Planet 1995-09-30
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19. 1963: Picture Power 1995-10-01
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20. 1949: Great Leap 1995-10-02
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21. 1968: New Release 1995-10-03
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22. 1970: Half the People 1995-10-04
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23. 1973: War of the Flea 1995-10-05
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24. 1979: God Fights Back 1995-10-06
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25. 1989: People Power 1995-10-07
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26. 1997: Fast Forward 1995-10-08
