Cinetrā
Cinetrā
Cinetrā
A behind-the-scenes GPO Film Unit documentary (directed by Stuart Legg) that races from studio rehearsals and newsrooms to control rooms and transmitters, weaving speeches, music, and outside broadcasts—featuring voices like H. G. Wells and Ramsay MacDonald—into a kinetic portrait of how the BBC’s national “voice” is made.
Cast: Gilbert Keith Chesterton, H. G. Wells, Stuart Hibberd, Rev 'Dick' Sheppard, Val Gielgud, John Sharman, Humphrey Jennings, Adrian Boult, Queen Consort of George V Mary, Ramsay MacDonald, John Reith, J. B. Priestley, George Bernard Shaw
Writer: Stuart Legg (Writer)
Cinematographer: W. Shenton, George Noble
Editor: Stuart Legg
Sound Designer: E.A. Pawley
Producers: Stuart Legg, John Grierson, Alberto Cavalcanti
Production: GPO Film Unit
