Documentary Film: The use of the film medium to interpret creatively and in social terms the life of the people as it exists in Reality

London: Faber & Faber Limited, 1939 Book. Very Good +. Hardcover. Revised Edition. Large 8vo. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +. 320 pp, preface by John Grierson, author's foreword, foreword to the revised edition, list of 89 b&w illustrations, I. Introduction to Cinema; II. The Evolution of Documentary; III. Some Principles of Documentary; IV. Documentary in the Making: 1. The Function of the Producer; 2. The Function of the Director; V. Whither Documentary?; Appendix of Documentary Directors and Their Principal Films; index. Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged: February 1939. "In this new edition the author has added a long chapter dealing with these new documentary film developments in Britain and America; has brought up to date the lists of producers and their films; and has chosen additional photographs from still-uncompledted films of the time, while John Grierson has contributed an entirely new Preface." Price clipped. Small chip bottom edge rear panel near spine corner dj with only the slightest additional wear to same. Faint ding to top edge board with minor additional wear, else, Pristine Interior. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Black cloth with blind-stamped blue lettering to front board and spine..