Waving the flag: constructing a national cinema in Britain

Introduction 2. British Film Culture and the Idea of National Cinema 3. The Heritage Film, British Cinema, and the National Past: Comin' Thro' The Rye 4. Economic Competition and Product Differentiation - Popular Cinema and the Film Industry in the Mid-1930s: Sing As We Go and Evergreen 5. The Documentary Idea and the Melodrama of Everyday Life - the Public, the Private, and the National Family: Millions Like Us and This Happy Breed 6. Constructing a National Cinema in Britain - Some Conclusions Notes Appendices (Credits and Plot Synopses) - I: Comin' Thro' The Rye II: Sing As We Go III: Evergreen IV: Millions Like Us V: This Happy Breed Filmography Bibliography Index