Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. List of Figures vi
4. Acknowledgements viii
5. Traditions in World Cinema x
6. Introduction 1
7. 1. Enlightenment and Utility: Informational Film as Useful Cinema 5
8. 2. We are a Little Land: Informational Film and Small-nation Cinema 15
9. 3. Mapping Messiness: The Informational Film Archive and Actor- Network Theory 33
10. 4. The Film World’s Cooperative Store: Institutions and Films of the 1930s and 1940s 47
11. 5. A Film-progressive Nation: The Social Denmark Series and the British Documentary Movement 64
12. 6. Somethin’ about Scandinavia: Danish Shorts on the Post-war International Scene 86
13. 7. Citizens of the Future: Informational Film and the Welfare State 118
14. 8. A Free Hand: The Art Film versus the Art of Documentary 143
15. 9. Symphony of a Short Film: A City Called Copenhagen 170
16. Conclusion 194
17. References 198
18. Index 217