4 Culture, Entertainment, leisure and travel Flashcards
development of mass tourism
tourism for the wealthy before 1918
- only very wealthy people went on holidays, mostly sailing ones
- italy, greece or france
- exclusive locations
- tourism geared for the wealthy during this time
development of mass tourism
caravanning: interwar
1934 there was 90 new models of caravan
development of mass tourism
caravanning post war
very popular among families as an alternative to butlins, they could have freedom and independence as opposed to following a regime
development of mass tourism
Butlins
- holiday camp
- 3 meals a day
- activities and entertainment provided whatever the weather
development of mass tourism
Butlins camps
skegness and clacton camps had 100,000 holidays a year
development of mass tourism
Butlins decline
in the 1970s because people could afford to go abroad
cinema 1918-1939
1914 - 1925, british filming industry?
1914: 1/4 of films were british
1925 only 5% were due to the rise of hollywood
cinema 1918-1939
1935
‘talkies’ (movies with spoken words) created
cinema 1918-1939
1920s-1930s
cinema became more respected
cinema 1918-1939
what did cinema reflect?
often social issues. Romance, thrillers, crime dramas and historical pictures were the favourites.
cinema 1918-1939
social issues eg.
the pleasure garden by Alfred Hitchcock presented everyday life in Britain
cinema 1918-1939
1930s cinema
long term unemployed + miners
important to long-term unemplyed people. They went to the cinema on average 2.6 times per week.
- improvised dramas were created in the miners institutes.
cinema during ww2
how many films produced during war years? what was the attitude towards it?
500
- film was very important to people as a form of escapism
cinema during ww2
which films were the most popular during world war 2?
comedis
cinema during ww2
ministry of information
used films to play newsreels before, or important social messages.
