The Beginning of History
A Film
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3250418 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jacquetta Hawkes (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1946 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 78 |
| Pages | 78-82 |
| Publication date | 1946-06-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Antiquity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-598X • E-ISSN: 1745-1744 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0003598x00019402 |
| OpenAlex | W2297301173 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
It was early in 1944 that the production of a film on British prehistory was agreed upon at the Ministry of Education. It may be that war conditions made it easier I to get this unorthodox project adopted-the attention of a possible opposition was distracted. Nevertheless it is remarkable that in the middle of a war two Government departments (the Ministry of Information is the producing agency) should undertake a work apparently so unpractical and so little urgent. It would have been interesting to be present in the Admiralty office in the then very strictly prohibited area of the Orkneys when the request came through for a permit for a film director to visit the island's prehistoric monuments. He was permitted. If there is a racial generalization which has some truth, it is that the English are a tolerant people
Agency (philosophy) · Archaeology · Christian ministry · Government (linguistics) · Media studies · Opposition (politics) · Political science · Prehistory · Social science · Sociology · Spanish Civil War · World War II · Archaeological Research and Protection · History · Law · Philosophy
For purposes altogether unscientific”
Interpreting People Interpreting Things
Archaeology and the Moving Image
An Early Example of Public Archaeology in the United States
Historiography and film
What have Reconstructed Roundhouses Ever Done for Us
Constructing Houses and Building Context
Ways of telling
Seeing Voices and Changing Relationships
Archaeology and modern times
| Citations per year | 0.26 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1987 - 2021 (35) |
| Highly cited | No |