TY - BOOK AU - Boon,Timothy TI - Films of fact : : a history of science in documentary films and television SN - 9781905674374 (pbk) AV - PN 1995.9 B724f 2008 U1 - 791.436 PY - 2008/// CY - London PB - Wallflower Press, KW - Rotha, Paul, KW - Cine documental KW - Películas científicas KW - Historia y crítica KW - Gran Bretaña KW - Documentales N1 - "Written to mark the centenary of Paul Rotha, documentarist 1907-1984."; Science, nature and filmmaking -- Technology, science and modernity: the world of documentary -- Documentaries and the social relations of science -- Science, films and war -- The fate of documentary science film genres since 1945 -- The growth of television and the representation of science -- Television science genres 1955-65 -- The fate of genres in television since 1965 N2 - Britain has long been recognised for its proud contribution to documentary cinema, yet its tradition of scientific and medical documentaries remains poorly documented. This is the first in-depth history of the genre ER -