Theme 4 knowledge organiser - pop culture

Question 1

Battle of the Somme … seen by … in first …

Answer 1

1916
20mil
6 weeks

Question 2

1914 … cinemas, … by …

Answer 2

3,000
5,000
1930

Question 3

Introduction of ‘talkies’ …

Answer 3

1928

Question 4

… ‘picture palaces’ built to attract affluent mc

Answer 4

Mid 1920s

Question 5

1914 … all films in B made by B film companies, by … Fallen to …

Answer 5

25%
1925
5%

Question 6

Quota Act … Ensured … All films shown in B British, rose to … In …

Answer 6

1927
7.5%
20%
1935

Question 7

In Glasgow … Unemp pop watched film at least once a week during depression

Answer 7

80%

Question 8

In London unemp watched on average … Films per week

Answer 8

2.6

Question 9

B Film Industry produced … Films during WWII

Answer 9

500

Question 10

In Which We Serve … By … & Henry V by … Popular, foster patriotism

Answer 10

1942
Noel Coward
Laurence Olivier

Question 11

Let George Do It … Comic actor … Punching H

Answer 11

1940
George Formby

Question 12

The Gentle Sex … Explored social problems facing women during war & Millions Like Us … Examined harsh life wc

Answer 12

1943
1943

Question 13

(WWII) people in North England attended cinema … More than South - more leisure activities & affluence

Answer 13

2x

Question 14

1946 … 16-19 year olds attended cinema once a week, only … Over-60s

Answer 14

69%
11%

Question 15

By 1951 … Households had radio

Answer 15

90%

Question 16

BBC founded in … & Monopoly on radio broadcasting until …

Answer 16

1922
1923?? FACT CHECK

Question 17

Historians … & … Argued BBC ‘functioned as an instrument of social control’

Answer 17

David Cardiff
Paddy Scannell

Question 17

BBC introduced … In … -> captured … Of … Daily listeners in …

Answer 17

the Light programme
1945
2/3
11mil
1945

Question 18

… Wrote patriotic songs e.g. …, paid … (… Now)

Answer 18

Ivor Novello
Keep the Home Fires Burning
£15,000
£1.5mil