Theme 4 knowledge organiser - pop culture Flashcards
Battle of the Somme … seen by … in first …
1916
20mil
6 weeks
1914 … cinemas, … by …
3,000
5,000
1930
Introduction of ‘talkies’ …
1928
… ‘picture palaces’ built to attract affluent mc
Mid 1920s
1914 … all films in B made by B film companies, by … Fallen to …
25%
1925
5%
Quota Act … Ensured … All films shown in B British, rose to … In …
1927
7.5%
20%
1935
In Glasgow … Unemp pop watched film at least once a week during depression
80%
In London unemp watched on average … Films per week
2.6
B Film Industry produced … Films during WWII
500
In Which We Serve … By … & Henry V by … Popular, foster patriotism
1942
Noel Coward
Laurence Olivier
Let George Do It … Comic actor … Punching H
1940
George Formby
The Gentle Sex … Explored social problems facing women during war & Millions Like Us … Examined harsh life wc
1943
1943
(WWII) people in North England attended cinema … More than South - more leisure activities & affluence
2x
1946 … 16-19 year olds attended cinema once a week, only … Over-60s
69%
11%
By 1951 … Households had radio
90%
BBC founded in … & Monopoly on radio broadcasting until …
1922
1923?? FACT CHECK
Historians … & … Argued BBC ‘functioned as an instrument of social control’
David Cardiff
Paddy Scannell
BBC introduced … In … -> captured … Of … Daily listeners in …
the Light programme
1945
2/3
11mil
1945
… Wrote patriotic songs e.g. …, paid … (… Now)
Ivor Novello
Keep the Home Fires Burning
£15,000
£1.5mil
… Dance bands playing regularly in dance halls by …
20,000
1930
B. Board of Film Censors (BBFC) established …, followed … Guideline, banned … Films
1912
‘Forty-three Rules’
140
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning…
1960
Glam rock stars … & …, … & … Had huge impact on attitudes towards homosexuality
Marc Bolan
David Bowie
Elton John
Freddy Mercury
… Most popular reggae album of 70s & included song
Dread Beat an’ Blood
1978
All Wi Doin’ Is Defendin’
Up the Junction … = Scenes of abortion, Cathy Come Home … = Homelessness
1965
1966
Are You Being Served? … helped change attitudes towards homosexuality
1972-75
Only … Pop owned TV -> … By …, … By …
4%
40%
1955
80%
1960
Obscene Publications Act … & Theatres Act … Relaxed censorship
1959
1968
Punk bands e.g. …, …, …
Sex Pistols
The Clash
The Buzzcocks
A Clockwork Orange.. reflected increasing crime rate (… To … By 70s)
1971
1mil
2mil
Unemp increasing from … In 1957 to … In …
382,000
878,000
1964
Coronation Street had … Viewers
20mil
Till Death Do Us Part featured racist …
Alf Garnett
70s regarded as decade of playing it safe = classic comedy - …, …, … Leading shows
Morecambe & Wise
Dad’s Army
Fawlty Towers
By 1979 people watched average … TV per week in summer and … In winter
16 hours
20 hours
… Coronation Queen Elizabeth II broadcast live to …
1953
Over 8mil
TV licences doubled to …
3mil
